Édouard Manet
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Photograph of Édouard Manet in 1874 by Nadar
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.