Manet: Paint What I See

Author: (French) Cahin (Cahin/F.) / Zhu Yan / Cao Deming (ed.)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "Paint what I see," Manet said. Is it that simple? This artist of famous portraits, including those of Luncheon on the Grass, Zola, Mallarmé, Clemenceau, and Berthe Morisot, this painter of many small cafes and rowers, jokingly called himself the "Saint Francis of still life painting." So, was he truly one of the modern painters, or as Baudelaire described, the one who brought decline to art? From Olympia to A Bar at the Folies Bergère, Fran?ois Cahin tells the life of this quintessential Parisian who loved the sea, women, but above all, painting. Some (such as Malraux) believed Manet was a revolutionary in painting, the founder of pure painting, and the one who "recreated the glory of classical painting in his time." But if as Baudelaire said, Manet was not only not a "Titian, Velázquez, or Hals of his time," but rather the one who brought decline to art, then how should Manet's life be evaluated? The book introduces his life and the evolution of his creative journey, particularly including various testimonies and documents, making it highly valuable for research.