Manet and his London critics

• Autores: Nancy Locke
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 152, Nº 1293, 2010, págs. 780-782
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • While it is generally accepted that the exhibition “Manet and the Post-Impressionists,” held in 1910 at the Grafton Galleries in London, was a watershed in the reception of modern French art in Great Britain, there is reason to believe that the groundwork for its transformational effects had been laid even during Edouard Manet's lifetime. The show had a long prehistory; among other things, Manet had already made significant efforts to gain publicity in London from the 1870s until his death in 1883. An autograph letter addressed by the artist to the English critic William Michael Rossetti (published here) shows that Manet was attempting to cultivate a critical following across the Channel. While it is known that he participated in exhibitions at the London branch of the Durand-Ruel Gallery, Manet also sent paintings to other London galleries in the 1870s, and his work continued to be exhibited in London in the 1880s and 1890s.