The Smoker (Le Fumeur)
Edouard Manet
1879–82
Medium
Etching and drypoint on blue laid paper, only state
Dimensions
plate: 9 1/8 x 6in. (23.2 x 15.2cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 3/8in. (36.5 x 23.8cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.17
Tags
MenPortraitsSmoking
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...