Edouard Manet - Roses and Tulips in a Vase. c.1882. Oil on canvas. Foundation E.G. Bührle collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
Edouard Manet was born on January 23, 1832 in Paris into the family of August Manet, an officer in the Ministry of Justice, and his wife Eugénie-Désirée, née Fournier, daughter of a diplomat. His uncle, Edmond-Edouard Fournier, gave the boy his first lessons in drawing. In 1844-1848, Manet studied at the College Rollin, where he met his lifelong friend Antonin Proust. In 1848-49, he was trained as a sea cadet on a voyage to Brazil, but in April 1849 he failed his naval examinations and decided to switch to painting.
The Monet Family in the Garden. Manet was working on the picture in the Monets' garden in Argenteuil, when Renoir arrived. The latter loved the scene so much that immediately began to paint the same thing. Manet did not like the situation and in his irritation told Monet to advise his friend to quit painting, as it was clearly not his vocation.
Music in the Tuileries Gardens. Manet portrayed himself surrounded by his friends and associates. Manet is to be found at the extreme left of this canvas. Other identifiable figures include Zacharie Astruc, the composer Offenbach, Théophile Gautier, Henri Fautin-Latour, Manet's friend the painter Albert de Balleroy, and his brother Eugène Manet, who was later to become Berthe Morisot's husband.
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