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.

Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863-1865 And then, to my chagrin and shock, it was gone. Manet’s later works, such as the world-famous Bar at the Folies-Bergère, are masterpieces, of course; there’s no ...

That may seem a bit odd at first glance, but consider how important a role they play in just two of Manet's famous works -- Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass) with its heap of clothes ...

When French artist Édouard Manet completed his renowned painting Olympia in 1863, it marked a significant turning point in the history of art. From Monet and Van Gogh to Picasso and Matisse, ...