Civil War (Guerre civile)
Edouard Manet
1871
Medium
lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions
image: 40 x 50.7 cm (15 3/4 x 19 15/16 in.) sheet: 47.6 x 60.4 cm (18 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5758
About the Artist
Edouard Manet · 1832–1883
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a pivotal role in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, often called the 'Father of Modern Art.' Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Manet defied his father's wishes for a legal career to pursue painting, studying under academic artist Thomas Couture. His revolutionary works 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' and 'Olympia' (both 1863) scand...