Manet and Modern Beauty at Getty Museum Explores Artist's Final Decade
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has opened a new exhibition called 'Manet and Modern Beauty', focusing on the last ten years of Édouard Manet's work. Featuring over 90 artworks, the display delves into the themes and styles that shaped this Impressionist master, showcasing genre scenes, still lifes, pastels, and portraits of middle-class women, including his wife and friends from 1880s Paris. The exhibition is divided into five sections: La Vie Moderne, Portraits of an Era, The Four Seasons Project, Manet at Bellevue, and Flowers, Fruits and Gardens. A highlight is La Vie Moderne, which showcases Manet's 1880 solo exhibition connected to the fashion magazine La Vie Moderne. The exhibition runs until January 12, 2020.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'Manet and Modern Beauty' at J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Focuses on Édouard Manet's last decade of artistic production
- Over 90 works on display
- Divided into five sections: La Vie Moderne, Portraits of a Era, The Four Seasons Project, Manet at Bellevue, Flowers, Fruits and Gardens
- La Vie Moderne section highlights Manet's 1880 solo show at the gallery of La Vie Moderne magazine
- Includes 'Jeanne (Spring)', a painting from 1881 recently acquired by the Getty
- Manet (1832–1883) is considered father and precursor of Impressionism
- Exhibition runs until January 12, 2020
Entities
Artists
- Édouard Manet
Institutions
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- La Vie Moderne
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Paris
- France