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| Edouard Manet, a French
painter of modern life, is acclaimed as the premier artist to bridge
the gap between realism
and impressionism.
He painted everyday subjects like beggars, cafés, bullfights,
and portraits and produced very few religious, mythological, or historical
paintings. Manet’s work is considered early
modern because of its black outlining of figures
that draws attention to the surface of the picture plane and the materiality
of paint. While he is closely associated with the Impressionist painters
Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir,
and Paul Cezanne, Manet differed in a very significant respect: he
believed that painters should try to exhibit at the Paris Salon, while
the work of his peers – as well as much of his own work –
was consistently refused by the Salon. Similarly, Manet resisted association
with any group and/or artistic movement. Young Girl in a Round Hat is one of relatively few drawings to exist by Manet. As a rule, the artistic drawings were not carried beyond the state of a rough sketch. Manet made sketches in order to seize a passing impression, a gesture, a salient feature, or detail. He kept sheets of drawing paper ready for use in his studio, and a notebook and pencil in his pocket — the slightest detail that caught his interest was immediately noted down on paper. Impromptu sketches like Young Girl in a Round Hat have a shorthand-like quality and demonstrate Manet’s unrelenting artist’s instinct.  (For Grades 3-5) Do you think that this is a sketch or a completed drawing? Why? Why do you think artists make sketches? Why do you think Manet made this sketch? Do you think this sketch was completed in Manet’s studio or somewhere else? Why? Do you think sketch belongs in a museum? Why or why not? |
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Edouard Manet France, 1832-1883 Young Girl In Round Hat Graphite, 1878-1879 Bequest of Earle W. Grant 1972:64 © San Diego Museum of Art |
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