Manet autoportrait

Edouard Manet

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  • Birth

    Édouard Manet is born in Paris on January 23 to Auguste Manet, a French judge, and Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince Charles Bernadotte.
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    Life of Manet

  • Manet enrolls in a special course of drawing.

  • Manet sails on a training vessel to Rio de Janeiro.

  • Manet begins studying art under the academic painter Thoman Couture. In his spare time he copies masterpieces by the old masters in the Louvre.

  • Manet travels to Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. He begins his romantic relationship with Suzanne Leenhoff, a Dutch-born piano teacher.

  • Completing his studies, Manet opens his own studio

  • - Manet's father dies.

    - Manet's father dies.

  • Manet marries Suzanne Leenhoff. The Luncheon on the Grass, one of Manet's major early works, is rejected by the Paris Salon and is instead exhibited at the Salon des Refusés. This year Manet also paints another important work, Olympia.

    Manet marries Suzanne Leenhoff. The Luncheon on the Grass, one of Manet's major early works, is rejected by the Paris Salon and is instead exhibited at the Salon des Refusés. This year Manet also paints another important work, Olympia.

  • Manet marries Suzanne Leenhoff. The Luncheon on the Grass, one of Manet's major early works, is rejected by the Paris Salon and is instead exhibited at the Salon des Refusés. This year Manet also paints another important work, Olympia.

  • After being excluded from the International Exhibition of 1867, Manet sets up his own exhibition.

  • Manet befriends Berthe Morisot, a painter who influences his style.

    Manet befriends Berthe Morisot, a painter who influences his style.

  • Manet travels in January to Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Pyrenees.

  • Berthe Morisot becomes Manet's sister-in-law when she marries his brother Eugene. Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare (The Railway) is exhibited at the Paris Salon.

    Berthe Morisot becomes Manet's sister-in-law when she marries his brother Eugene. Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare (The Railway) is exhibited at the Paris Salon.

  • The French governments awards Manet the Légion d'honneur.

  • Manet's completes his last major work Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère (A Bar at the Folies-Bergère).

  • On April 30, Manet passes away in Paris

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