Édouard Manet was a French painter born in 1832 who transformed realism into impressionism. He studied under academic painter Thomas Couture and copied works of old masters in the Louvre. Manet's early works like Music in the Tuileries were inspired by Dutch masters and depicted his artist friends. His later works like Le déjeuner sur l'herbe and Olympia, featuring nude women, were controversial for their realism and unconventional compositions. Manet's rough style and use of light and shadow anticipated impressionism and influenced later painters.

1. ÉdouardManet(23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883)A French Painter- Transformed Realism to Impressionism

2. BiographyBorn in Paris on 23 January 1832Family backgroundHis mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the daughter of a diplomat and the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince, Charles Bernadotte

3. His father, AugusteManet, was a French judge who expected Édouard to pursue a career in law.

4. His uncle, Charles Fournier, encouraged him to pursue painting and often took him to the Louvre.BiographyThe Road Map to Success1845, he enrolled in a special course of drawing where he met Antonin Proust, future Minister of Fine Arts

5. From 1850 to 1856, Manet studied under the academic painter Thomas Couture, a painter of large historical paintings

6. In his spare time he copied the old masters in the Louvre

7. 1853 to 1856 he visited Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, during which he absorbed the influences of the various painters

8. In 1856, he opened his own studioMasterworksMusic in the Tuileries

9. Inspired by Hals and Velázquez

10. Harbinger of his life-long interest in the subject of leisure