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MANET, Edouard, Charles Baudelaire, Full Face III, 1865
Edouard Manet was born on January 23, 1832, in Paris. While studying with Thomas Couture from 1850 to 1856, he drew at the Académie Suisse a… [Read biography »]
Signed Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883), Original Etching, Charles Baudelaire, Full Face III, 1865  |
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| Artist: | Manet, Edouard (1832 - 1883) |
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| Title: | Charles Baudelaire, Full Face III, 1865 |
| Medium: | Original Etching |
| Image Size: | 3 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in (9.2 cm x 8 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 11 in x 8 1/2 in (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 23 1/2 in x 22 3/4 in (59.7 cm x 57.8 cm) |
| Signed: | This work is hand signed by Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883) in the plate in the lower right hand side of the work and "Peint et grave par Manet, 1865" in the lower left |
| Edition: | The 1869 Baudelare edition from the 4th state impression which includes the lettering in the lower left. An example of this print was exhibited in the Salon of 1869 |
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This particular engraving of Charles Baudelaire is the fourth plate of a four-part series which Manet began in 1865 and completed in 1869. The image was included in a biography of Baudelaire that was published in 1869 and was also exhibited at the Salon the same year. Printed on MBM Ingres d’Arches laid paper, most likely a later impression. In this portrait of Charles Baudelaire, it is evident that Manet employed both his skill and sensitivity to render the likeness of his contemporary. Baudelaire's face appears sharply contrasted against the dark background creating a sense of authority and strength. However, the artist renders the poets features in such a fashion that one can perceive a glint of laughter in his eyes and slight smile. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. Harris, J.C. (1990). Edouard Manet, The Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné. Smith, J.M. (Ed.). Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: San Francisco. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 61 on pgs. 186-90. 2. Melot, M. (1996). The Impressionist Print. Yale University Press: New Haven & London. Listed and illustrated as nos. 57-60. ‘Manet and the Etching’ chapter on pgs. 52-58. About the Framing: | |
Biography of Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883)
Edouard Manet was born on January 23, 1832, in Paris. While studying with Thomas Couture from 1850 to 1856, he drew at the Académie Suisse and copied the Old Masters at the Musée du Louvre. After he left Couture’s studio, Manet traveled extensively in Europe, visiting Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Italy. In 1859 he was rejected by the official Paris Salon, although Eugène Delacroix intervened on his behalf. In 1861 Manet’s paintings were accepted by the Salon and received favorable press, and he began exhibiting at the Galerie Martinet in Paris. During the early 1860s his friendships with Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Degas began. The three paintings Manet sent to the Salon of 1863, including Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (see p. 37), were relegated to the Salon des Refusés, where they attracted the attention of the critic Théophile Thoré.
In 1865 Manet’s Olympia and Christ Mocked were greeted with great hostility when shown at the Salon. That year the painter traveled to Spain, where he met Théodore Duret. He became a friend of Emile Zola in 1866, when the writer defended him in a controversial article for the periodical L’Evènement. In 1867 Zola published a longer article on Manet, who that year exhibited his work in an independent pavilion at the Paris World’s Fair. The artist spent the first of several summers in Boulogne at this time. In 1868 two of his works were accepted by the Salon but were not shown to advantage.
The dealer Paul Durand-Ruel began buying his work in 1872. That same year The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama was shown at the Salon, and Manet traveled to the Netherlands for the second time. The poet Stéphane Mallarmé, who met the artist in 1873, wrote articles about him in 1874 and 1876 and remained a close lifelong friend. Manet declined to show with the Impressionists in their first exhibition in 1874. That summer he worked at Gennevilliers and Argenteuil with Claude Monet and the following year he visited Venice. In 1876 he exhibited Olympia and two paintings rejected that year by the Salon at his own studio. From 1879 to 1882 Manet participated annually at the Salon. In 1880 he was given a solo exhibition at Georges Charpentier’s new gallery, La Vie Moderne, Paris. In 1881 Manet, then ailing, was decorated with the Légion d’Honneur. He died on April 30, 1883, in Paris. A memorial exhibition of his work took place at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts the following year.
