she reminded him of a Spanish maja out of a painting by Goya. And since Manet was infatuated with all things Spanish, he asked her to pose for him. After reading Manet’s correspondence ...

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.

he can probably be accused of inventing modern art. But his story is fascinating on many other levels. As a piece of compelling biography, Manet's is the unlikely tale of the stubborn son of the ...