Édouard ManetFrankrig, 1832–1883Olympia
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About the painting
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Olympia er et maleri af Édouard Manet, først udstillet på Salonen i Paris i 1865. Billedet forestiller en nøgen kvinde, der ligger på en seng og får overrakt en buket blomster af en sort tjenestepige. Værket skabte chok og furore, idet kvinden kigger direkte på beskueren og i øvrigt er forsynet med genstande, der definerer hende som prostitueret. Maleriet er 130,5 × 190 cm og blev malet i 1863. Det blev erhvervet af den franske stat i 1890 efter en offentlig indsamling, hvis initiativtager var Claude Monet. Det er nu udstillet på Musée d'Orsay i Paris.
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- Wikidata · hentet for 6 dage siden
- Billede: Musée d'Orsay — Édouard Manet · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Imens i livet hos Édouard Manet
Hele livet1861
His first participation in the Salon
In 1861 the Salon accepted two canvases by Manet: “Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Manet” and “The Spanish Singer”. Critics received the portrait coldly, while “The Spanish Singer” was admired by Théophile Gautier and, because of its popularity, hung in a more conspicuous place; the work intrigued young artists and brought new business to his studio.
1862
“Music in the Tuileries”: the fury of the public
In 1862 Manet exhibited “Music in the Tuileries” (probably painted in 1860), where the strollers include the poet Baudelaire, the musician Offenbach and the artist himself. It mostly provoked fury: the thick brushstrokes looked crude and unfinished, several visitors threatened to destroy the canvas; Delacroix defended it, and the controversy made Manet a well-known name in Paris.
1863
“The Luncheon on the Grass” at the Salon des Refusés
The Salon of 1863 rejected “The Luncheon on the Grass” (originally “Le Bain”), and Manet exhibited it at the Salon des Refusés, a parallel exhibition initiated by Napoleon III after a public outcry, the jury having accepted only 2,217 of more than 5,000 submissions. The juxtaposition of dressed men and a nude woman and the sketch-like handling caused a scandal; one critic compared the brushwork to a “floor mop”.
1863
Marries Suzanne Leenhoff
In 1863, a year after his father's death, Manet married Suzanne Leenhoff at a Protestant church: a Dutch-born piano teacher two years his senior with whom he had been romantically involved for about ten years. Auguste Manet had employed her to teach his sons the piano, and she may also have been Auguste's mistress.
1863
Married: Suzanne Manet
1865
“Olympia” at the Salon: a scandal
In 1865 the Salon accepted “Olympia”, and the frank depiction of a self-assured prostitute created a scandal; according to Antonin Proust, only the precautions taken by the administration prevented the painting from being punctured and torn. The popular press caricatured it, while the avant-garde, including Courbet, Cézanne and Monet, championed it.
