Manet - Sea view, calm weather Blue
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Technical data
Color | Blue |
Composition | 100% Silk |
Weaving | Twill (opaque, thick) |
Made in | Lyon, France |
Gender | Man |
The 19th-century French artist Édouard Manet ( 1832–1883) is considered the father of modernism. His work bridges the gap between two important art movements, Realism and Impressionism. Although he once stated that he had no intention of eradicating the old traditional techniques of painting, his innovations in color composition had a significant influence on the methods used by his contemporaries.
In this 1864 painting, Manet depicts almost calligraphic forms. To the right of the painting, a side-wheel steamer is sailing up the English Channel, leaving slower sailing ships in its wake. This is one of Manet's earliest marine paintings, a subject to which he returned repeatedly. He painted it in Paris along with two or three other works based on sketches he made while on holiday with his family in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Sea view, calm weather, 1864
Art Institute of Chicago

