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Manet's Birth
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Joins Secondary school
His uncle, Edmond Fournier, encouraged him to pursue painting and took young Manet to the Louvre. In 1841 he enrolled at secondary school, the Collège Rollin -
Joins Special Drawing School
In 1845, at the advice of his uncle, Manet enrolled in a special course of drawing where he met Antonin Proust, future Minister of Fine Arts and subsequent lifelong friend. -
Fails examination of Navy and Persues dream of being an Artist
After he twice failed the examination to join the Navy, his father relented to his wishes to pursue an art education. -
Studies Under Thomas Couture
From 1850 to 1856, Manet studied under the academic painter Thomas Couture. -
Visits Many countries where he becomes influenced by 2 professional painters
From 1853 to 1856, Manet visited Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, during which time he was influenced by the Dutch painter Frans Hals, and the Spanish artists Diego Velázquez and Francisco José de Goya. -
Opens First Studio
In 1856, Manet opened a studio. His style in this period was characterized by loose brush strokes, simplification of details and the suppression of transitional tones. -
Paints one of his most memorable pieces
He painted The Absinthe Drinker (1858–59) and other contemporary subjects such as beggars, singers, Gypsies, people in cafés, and bullfights. -
Manet has two paintings accepted into the Salon
Manet had two canvases accepted at the Salon in 1861. A portrait of his mother and father, who at the time was paralysed and robbed of speech by a stroke. -
Marries Suzanne Leenhoff
Manet marries Suzanne Leenhoff in 1863 after his father died in 1861. -
Manet painted his first boting painting
Manet painted several boating subjects in 1874. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Completed his last major work
He completed painting his last major work, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère , in 1882 and it hung in the Salon that yea -
Manet dies