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Édouard Manet was a French
modernist painter. He was one
of the first 19th-century artists to
paint modern life, and a pivotal
figure in the transition from Realism Well, there were some problems on the way,
to Impressionism. The Luncheon in the fan belt went, a few little things, but after
Studio 1868 Edouard Manet, oil on canvas, a long arduous trip we arrived in the heat
depicted people, Leon Leenhoff Suzanne of the day, hot and humid, like a tropical
Manet, Edouard Manet, Jose-Auguste jungle, to one of Mexico’s oldest beach
Rousselin (118 cm / 46.4 in) Width (l53.9 resorts and a port since the early colonial
cm /60.5 in) The Metropolitan Museum period of Mexico’s history.
of Art, National Gallery of Art, Periods:
Impressionism, Realism, Modern Art, We rented a great bungalow by the beach
Modernism. and there I painted for six months.
I wanted to challenge myself by doing a
“In 1970 we decided to go to Acapulco miniature painting of Manet’s Luncheon in
for six months, we had an old Zephyr, the Studio 1868, one of my favorite realist
one mechanic said it would never make painters.
it past Seattle, and another friend, Tom,
who owned a garage, said the old Zephyr This painting is now in the Ygartua Family
always gets you there. Collection.”
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