Edouard Manet was born on January 23, 1832 in Paris, France to upper class parents with extensive political connections. His father had envisioned him to be anything but a painter. Manet rejected his father’s desire for him to establish a career in law. He later failed entrance examinations for the navy, and finally his father gave in to his hopes in becoming an artist. Manet became a great painter and formed bonds with many great artists of his time. As one of the first artists of his time to utilize modern life subjects, Manet was a key figure in the evolution of mainstream art from Realism to Impressionism. Learn more »

Paintings by Édouard Manet in Chronological Order

Pierrot dancing, 1849	The barque of Dante (Copy after Delacroix), 1854	A woman pouring water (Study of Suzanne Leenhoff), 1858
Study of trees, 1859	The absinthe drinker, 1859	The Boy with Cherries, 1859
Portrait of Monsieur and Madame Auguste Manet, 1860	The Spanish Singer, 1860	A boy with a dog, 1861
Boy with a sword, 1861	Surprised Nymph, 1861	A boy with a pitcher, 1862
Guitar and Hat, 1862	Gypsy with a Cigarette, 1862	Lola de Valence, 1862
Music in the Tuileries Garden, 1862	Oysters, 1862	Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire’s Mistress, Reclining (Lady with a Fan), 1862
Street Singer, c1862	The Boy with a Sword, 1862	The old musician, 1862
The spanish ballet, 1862	Victorine Meurent, 1862	Victorine Meurent in the costume of an Espada, 1862
Fishing, c1863	Olympia, 1963	The Luncheon on the Grass, 1963
Woman writing, c1863	Young man in the costume of a majo, 1863	Young Woman Reclining in Spanish Costume, 1863
Basket of Fruits, c1864	Battle of Kearsage and Alabama, 1864	Branch of White Peonies and Secateurs, 1864
Eel and Red Mullet, 1864	Fishing boat coming in before the wind (The Kearsarge in Boulogne), 1864	Peonies in a vase, 1864
Peony stem and shears, 1864	Steamboat leaving Boulogne, 1864	Still Life: Fruits on a Table, 1864
Study to “Dead Christ with Angels”, 1864	The Bullfight, 1864	The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864
The head of Christ, c1864	Vase of Peonies on a Small Pedestal, 1864	Angelina, 1865
Jesus mocked by the Soldiers, 1865	Madame Auguste Manet, c1865	Madame Brunet, c1865
The dead toreador, 1865	The monk at prayer, 1865	Women at the Races, 1865
A King Charles Spanie, c1886	Bull-fighting scene, 1886	Portrait of Zacharie Astruc, 1866
Still life with melon and peaches, 1866	The Fifer, 1866	The Tragedian Actor, 1866
Woman with a Parrot, 1866	A matador, 1867	Races at Longchamp, c1867
Study for “The Execution of Emperor Maximilian”, 1867	The burial, 1867	The Exposition Universelle, 1867
The philosopher, 1867	A young man peeling a pear (Portrait Of Leon Leenhoff), 1868	Jetty at Boulogne, 1868
Luncheon in the Studio, 1868	Madame Manet at the Piano, 1868	Moonlight on Boulogne Harbour, 1868
Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868	Portrait of Leon Leenhoff (Paronskalaren), 1868	The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, 1868
The salmon, c1868	Theodore Duret, 1868	Young woman with a pink shoe (Portrait of Berthe Morisot), 1868
A café, interiour, 1869	Almonds, currants and peaches, 1869	Beach at Boulogne, 1869
Boy Blowing Bubbles, 1869	Embarkation after Folkestone, 1869	The Balcony, 1869
The Departure Of The Folkestone Boat, c1869	The Jetty at Boulogne, 1869	The ragpicker, 1869
The reading, 1869	The Jetty at Boulogne, 1870	Effect of Snow at Petit-Montrouge, 1870
In the garden, 1870	Portrait of Eva Gonzales, 1870	Portrait of Suzanne Manet, 1870
The Races, c1870	The Rest, portrait of Berthe Morisot, 1870	Interior at Arcachon, 1871
Portrait of Monsieur Tillet, 1871	Seascape at Arcachon, 1871	The Barricade (Civil War), 1871
The Port of Bordeaux, 1871	The Port of Bordeaux, 1871	A veiled young woman, 1872
Berthe Morisot with a bouquet of violets, 1872	Berthe Morisot with a Fan, 1872	Bouquet of violets, 1872
The Races in the Bois de Boulogne, 1872	View of Holland, 1872	A Good Glass of Beer, 1873
Croquet, 1873	Marguerite de Conflans Wearing Hood, 1873	On the Beach, 1873
Polichinelle, 1873	Railway, 1873	Seascape at Berck, Fishing Boats and Fishermen, 1873
Swallows, 1873	Tarring the Boat, 1873	The Masked Ball at the Opera, c1873
Argenteuil, 1874	Boating, 1874	Head of a Man (Claude Monet), 1874
Madame Manet on a Blue Sofa, 1874	Monet in his Studio Boat, 1874	Parisienne Study of Ellen Andree, 1874
The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1874	The Lady with Fans, Portrait of Nina de Callias, c1874	The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil, 1874
At the races, 1875	The Artist (Portrait of Gilbert Marcellin Desboutin), 1875	The Grand Canal, 1875
The grand canal of Venice (Blue Venice), 1875	The Horsewoman, 1875	The laundry, 1875
Woman with umbrella, 1875	Young woman with a book, 1875	Head of a Dog, 1876
Stephane Mallarme, 1876	Nana, 1877	Portrait of Antonin Proust (Study), 1877
Portrait of Faure as Hamlet, c1877	Woman Before a Mirror, 1877	Young woman in a round hat, 1877
At the Café, 1878	Eva Gonzales, 1878	Man in a Round Hat (Alphonse Maureau), 1878
Plum, 1878	Portrait of a lady with a black fichu, 1878	Portrait of Lina Campineanu, 1878
Portrait of madame Julles Guillemet, c1878	Rue Mosnier decorated with Flags, 1878	Self-portrait with skull-cap, 1878
The Bock Drinkers, 1878	The road-menders, Rue de Berne, 1878	Two women drinking bocks, 1878
At Father Lathuille, 1879	At the Cafe-Concert, c1879	In the bar “Le Bouchon”, c1879
Madame Manet in conservatory, 1879	On the Bench, 1879	Portrait of a Lady, c1879
Portrait of Emilie Ambre in role of Carmen, c1879	Portrait of George Moore, 1879	Portrait of Georges Clemenceau, 1879
Portrait of Mademoiselle Isabelle Lemonnier, c1879	Portrait of Monsieur Brun, 1879	Self Portrait with a Palette, 1879
Singer at a Café-Concert, c1879	The conservatory, 1879	The waitress Bocks, c1879
Woman Reading, c1879	Woman with a gold pin, 1879	Young woman among the flowers, c1879
A young girl, 1880	Asparagus, 1880	Bundle of aspargus, 1880
Corner of a Cafe-Concert, 1880	Interior of a Café, c1880	Isabelle Lemonnier with a muff, c1880
Lady in a fur, c1880	Madame Manet at Bellevue, 1880	Mother in the Garden at Bellevue, 1880
Portrait of Clemenceau at the tribune, 1880	Portrait of composer Emmanual Chabrier, c1880	Portrait of Ernest Cabaner, 1880
Portrait of Irma Brunner, 1880	Still Life with Brioche, c1880	Still life with flowers, 1880
The Garden at Bellevue, 1880	The ham, 1880	The Lemon, 1880
The stroll, 1880	The Suicide, c1880	Woman with a Cat, c1880
Young woman in the garden, 1880	Young woman taking a walk holding an open umbrella, 1880	Bench, 1881
Jeanne Martin in pink dress, 1881	Madame Jeanne Martin in a bonnet, c1881	Pertuiset, Lion Hunter, 1881
Portrait of Henry Bernstein as a Child, 1881	Rochefort’s Escape, c1881	The Journalist Henri Rochefort, 1881
The Milliner, 1881	The model for the “Bar at the Folies-Bergère”, 1881	A Corner of the Garden in Rueil, 1881
Autumn (Study of Mery Laurent), 1882	A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1882	Bouquet of flowers, 1882
Peaches, 1882	Pinks and Clematis in a Crystal Vase, c1882	Portrait of madame Michel-Levy, 1882
René Maizeroy, 1882	Rose and tulip, 1882	Roses in a Champagne Glass, c1882
Spring (Study of Jeanne Demarsy), 1882	Study for “Bar at the Folies-Bergere”, 1882	The House at Rueil, 1882
The painter of animals, 1882	Woman in furs (Portrait of Mery Laurent), 1882	Young woman in the garden, 1882
Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure, c1883	Lilac and roses, 1883	Two roses on a tablecloth, c1883
Artist’s atelier	Portrait of Berthe Morisot	Sketch of moving farmer
The garden around Manet’s house