Édouard Manet

This 19C French painter paved the way for the Impressionists to come

Édouard Manet's (1832-83) groundbreaking 1863 works, Picnic on the Grass and naked Olympia, weren't really Impressionism proper, but they helped inspire the movement with their harsh realism, visible brushstrokes, and thick outlines.

Selected works by Édouard Manet in England

Where to find works by Édouard Manet in England