(Paris, 1832 - Paris, 1883)
Édouard Manet, considered by most as the initiator of Impressionism, had his first contact with painting in the workshop of Thomas Couture, a romantic academic painter who had recently enjoyed considerable success at the Salon of Paris. Between 1850 and 1856, Manet integrated into Couture's workshop, and his classes were complemented by frequent visits to the Louvre Museum, where the young apprentice would copy works by great masters of the Italian...
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