![]() ![]() The exhibition consists of more than 50 works, among them are portraits of Manet’s most frequent sitter, his wife Suzanne Leenhoff, luminaries of the period Antonin Proust, Émile Zola and Stéphane Mallarmé, and scenes from everyday life revealing Manet’s forward-thinking, modern approach to portraiture. Manet painted his family, friends and the literary, political and artistic figures of his day, giving life not only to his subjects but also to Parisian society of the time. Manet’s engagement with portraiture has never been explored in exhibition form before, despite it constituting around half of his artistic output. The music, by the world-renowned composer Thomas Newman, was added at the author's request because he listened continuously to the composer's engaging, romantic work as he wrote. Spanning the entire career of this enigmatic and at times controversial artist, ‘Manet: Portraying Life’ brings together works from across Europe, Asia and the USA. This video showcases the main plot driving element of THE MUSE OF EDOUARD MANET - the letters he painted beneath his artwork in lead white, visible only through an x-ray and for a future conservator's eye. This singularly important exhibition is the first ever retrospective devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet. ![]()
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