EDOUARD MANET (1832 - 1883)
Painter, born in Paris, France. Intended for a legal career, he became an artist, and exhibited at the Salon in 1861.
His ‘Dejeuner sur l’herbe’ (1863, Luncheon on the Grass), which scandalized the traditional Classicists, was rejected, and although the equally provocative ‘Olympia’ was accepted in 1865, the Salon remained hostile, and Manet’s genius was not recognized until after his death. He exhibited in the Salon des Refuses, and helped to form the group out of which the Impressionist movement arose.