Music in the Tuileries

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Music in the Tuileries, 1862
Music in the Tuileries, 1862

Music in the Tuileries is a painting by Édouard Manet.

It is an early example of Manet's painterly style, inspired by Frans Hals and Diego Velázquez, and it is a harbinger of his life-long interest in the subject of leisure.

While the picture was not regarded as finished by some,[1] the suggested atmosphere imparts a sense of what the Tuileries gardens were like at the time; one may imagine the music and conversation.

Here Manet has depicted his friends, artists, authors, and musicians who take part, and he has included a self-portrait among the subjects. Included in the image are Manet himself, Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jacques Offenbach, and Manet's brother Eugène.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ King, Ross (2006). The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism. New York: Waller & Company, 51-55. ISBN 0802714668. 
  2. ^ Music in the Tuileries Gardens. The National Gallery. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
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