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Boating
Edouard Manet · 1874
- Artist
- Edouard Manet French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris
- Date
- 1874
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 38 1/4 x 51 1/4 in. (97.2 x 130.2 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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- The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
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- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
About Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
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More by Edouard Manet
Jesus Mocked by the SoldiersÉdouard Manet, 1865
Fish (Still Life)Édouard Manet, 1864
Woman ReadingÉdouard Manet, 1880–82
The Spanish SingerEdouard Manet, 1860
Young Lady in 1866Edouard Manet, 1866
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbeÉdouard Manet, 1863
OlympiaÉdouard Manet, 1863
A Bar at the Folies-BergèreÉdouard Manet, 1882
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