Boy with cherries Édouard Manet (1832-1883)
Édouard Manet – Boy with cherries
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Painter: Édouard Manet
Location: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian).
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The painting was painted in 1858. Édouard Manet was a great French painter. He also did engraving and was one of the founders of Impressionism. Early in the formation of his artistic career, Manet began working with the very famous Couture at the time. He spent a lot of time in his studio, but he was not satisfied with the painting of the time. In the room where the artist worked, there was an apprentice, Alexander.
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The painting was painted in 1858.
Édouard Manet was a great French painter. He also did engraving and was one of the founders of Impressionism.
Early in the formation of his artistic career, Manet began working with the very famous Couture at the time. He spent a lot of time in his studio, but he was not satisfied with the painting of the time. In the room where the artist worked, there was an apprentice, Alexander. The boy was 15 years old, he cleaned the studio and did small jobs.
Manet developed a friendship with the boy. He began to portray him on his canvases. Vitality and energy of the boy inspired him. Manet wrote from life, also created sketches for further work. In the painting "Boy with Cherries" depicts exactly the same boy-apprentice. His playful gaze looks at the viewer. The face is highlighted by sunlight. Manet was a great master of portraits. But the seemingly calm and beautiful work has a tragic story.
One day, coming into the studio, Manet did not find Alexander. He began to look for him and found him hanging himself in the next room. The body was already cold and the thin rope had severely cut into his neck. It came as a lifelong shock to the artist. The story also served as the subject for Baudelaire’s story "The Rope."
It took a long time for Manet to recover from what he had seen, and he looked for a new studio to work in. But everywhere he was haunted by the image of Alexander, which had once been the inspiration for his portraits. Manet bypassed many addresses where he could rent premises. Once he found a suitable place, but when he saw a nail in the wall, he ran out. He thought he saw the gallows everywhere. How could this cheerful, naughty boy have done that to him.
Undoubtedly, this story went down in the history of world art.
The painting is in France.
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