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 The Works and Styles of  Edouard Manet ** Manet’s Life: **  Born into an upper-middle class French family in 1832, Manet knew he wanted to be a painter at age sixteen, despite his parents’ disapproval. With his father’s permission, Manet attended Beaux Art School. His desire to paint using his own techniques made him difficult to guide, so Edouard left the instruction of Thomas Couture in 1856. While Manet continued to gain a reputation as an artist, he was awarded honorable mention for a portrait of his parents, called //Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet //. He was given the privilege of becoming a member of an exclusive art group, whose members include well known artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas. Manet was paralyzed and bedridden in 1883 and died later that year at the age of 52. ** Impressionism: ** Edouard Manet was one of the first impressionists during the nineteenth century. As an impressionist painter, he created images set mostly outdoors, many of them featuring daily life in Paris. As the art of photography grew, so did the use of impressionism in photos. Impressionist artists greatly emphasize the importance of lighting in their works, and many impressionists used mirrors and reflections to further accentuate the lighting of the scene. Most impressionists use short, thick strokes, creating an image that has very little focus on detail and more on the work as a whole. //** Seascape ** //** : ** In Manet’s painting shown below, called //Seascape //, all of the colors used are very similar, and they blend together easily. Edouard Manet painted this in 1873, during a time when many of Manet’s paintings were inspired by the sea. = = =//Bar at the Folies-Bergère //:  The painting below is called //<span style="color: #244061; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Bar at the Folies-Bergère. //<span style="color: #244061; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: normal;">Unlike realist paintings, this one is very flat. Manet placed a mirror behind the main persona of his painting, to draw attention to the lighting, the rich colors used, and the busy background. =  Works Cited: "Edouard Manet." // World History: The Modern Era //. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 17 Mar. 2010. <http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com>. "impressionism." //World History: The Modern Era//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 17 Mar. 2010. <http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com>. "//Seascape// (Manet)." //World History: The Modern Era//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 2010. <http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com>. “//Bar// // at the Folies-Bergère // (Manet)." //World History: The Modern Era//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 2010. <http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com>.