MANET, EDOUARD 1832-1883:

1832 TO 1883. EDOUARD MANET THE GREAT FRENCH PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER, IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN ART. ALTHOUGH GREATLY ADMIRED BY THE YOUNG GROUP OF ARTISTS THAT WERE TO BECOME THE IMPRESSIONISTS, AND GENERALLY THOUGHT OF AS AN IMPRESSIONIST, HE HELD HIMSELF APART FROM THEM AND DID NOT EXHIBIT AT THE IMPRESSIONIST EXHIBITIONS. HIS BODY OF WORK CONSISTED OF SOME 100 ETCHINGS, LITHOGRAPHS AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS, COVERING A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.