The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp
Édouard Manet · 1878 · Brush with tusche, over graphite on transfer paper, laid down on cream wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp is a public-domain drawing by Édouard Manet, dated 1878. Brush with tusche, over graphite on transfer paper, laid down on cream wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp” (1878) keeps the scale of an old exhibition picture, but the subject is modern Paris: a café, a street, or someone Manet knew.
About the artist
Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was a French painter who kept the scale of old exhibition pictures but painted modern Paris: cafés, streets, and friends. Younger Impressionists looked to him even though he did not join their shows.
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