Pears
Edouard Manet
1880
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.) framed: 26.67 × 32.23 × 2.7 cm (10 1/2 × 12 11/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
2014.18.28
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...