The Reader (Le liseur)
Edouard Manet · 1861 · etching on Chinese paper
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About this picture
The Reader (Le liseur) is a public-domain illustration by Edouard Manet, dated 1861. Etching on Chinese paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Reader (Le liseur)” (1861) 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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