I first read the letters Édouard Manet wrote to his family in the winter of 1870-1871 on a dead summer afternoon in an ...

Édouard Manet was one of the most famous and influential painters of the 19th century. His style bridged the gap between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism with his often revolutionary works.

There’s certainly no shortage of public interest, judging by the huge response to the Courtauld’s recent Monet in London exhibition and the National’s just-closed Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers – the most ...

When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia is hung in the Salon of Paris in 1865, it is met with jeers, laughter, criticism, and disdain. It is attacked by the public, the critics, the newspapers.

A stunning new art film, to be shown at selected cinemas, casts fresh eyes on the Impressionists tale of passion and ...

The latest Exhibition on Screen film contextualizes the landmark show which launched Impressionism with correspondence and journal entries from Manet, Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Morisot et al, and looks ...