Manet : a model family / edited by Diana Seave Greenwald ; with contributions by Hilton Als, Emily A. Beeny, Adrienne Chaparro, Kathryn Kremnitzer, Nancy Locke, Gianfranco Pocobene, Isolde Pludemacher, Samuel Rodary, Bill Scott, Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Alex Zivkovic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883

Greenwald, Diana, 1989- editor.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, organizer, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Manet (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883--Exhibitions.

Manet, Édouard.

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883--Family--Portraits--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ; Princeton : in association with Princeton University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Édouard Manet : a family story / Diana Seave Greenwald / Paris is a mother / Hilton Als -- Suzanne Leenhoff : Manet's early inspiration / Juliet Wilson-Bareau with Diana Seave Greenwald -- Suzanne : the private portraits / Emily Beeny -- Léon Leenhoff : model across media / Kathryn Kremnitzer -- Cut paintings, illegitimate children, and two exceptional artists : Edgar Degas and the Manet family / Isolde Pludemacher -- Madame Auguste Manet and the painting of modern life / Nancy Locke.

"A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet's family to his artAll families are complicated, but the family of Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was more complicated than most. The artist married his father's alleged mistress-whose son, born out of wedlock, may have been Édouard's, his father's, or another man's. For all its complexities, Manet's family fueled his creativity. They were his most frequent models, and supported him emotionally and financially. Manet: A Model Family is an innovative new exploration of the largely neglected story of the importance of Manet's family to his art.Presenting new research on works in which Manet depicted family members, Manet: A Model Family shows how an understanding of the artist's family sheds crucial light on his artistic career. Manet's mother, wife, stepson, and other relatives-including his sister-in-law, the painter Berthe Morisot-are given long overdue recognition for their role in Manet's life and work. Leading scholars present technical and archival analysis, including redating Madame Auguste Manet, an important, newly conserved painting of Manet's mother. In an essay inspired by that canvas, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Hilton Als reconsiders Manet's formative relationship with his mother and his bourgeois Parisian roots.With its original account of Manet's domestic relationships and personal life, Manet: A Model Family humanizes the artist and his contributions to the birth of modernism.Published in association with the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumExhibition ScheduleIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, BostonOctober 10, 2024-January 20, 2025"-- Provided by publisher.

"A new look at Édouard Manet's family members and his portraits of them over time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Édouard Manet : a family story / Diana Seave Greenwald / Paris is a mother / Hilton Als

Suzanne Leenhoff : Manet's early inspiration / Juliet Wilson-Bareau with Diana Seave Greenwald

Suzanne : the private portraits / Emily Beeny

Léon Leenhoff : model across media / Kathryn Kremnitzer

Cut paintings, illegitimate children, and two exceptional artists : Edgar Degas and the Manet family / Isolde Pludemacher

Madame Auguste Manet and the painting of modern life / Nancy Locke.

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, October 10, 2024-January 20, 2025.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Manet (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum). Manet

ISBN:

9780691260662

0691260664

OCLC:

1417470966