Resumen de Manet à Londres, 1872-1876: la modernité française à travers le prisme victorien
This article seeks reveal, on the one hand, the modalities of Edouard Manet's presence on the British art scene as well as on the British art market between 1872 and 1876, and on the other hand to analyze his critical reception.
In 1870, Paul Durand-Ruel acquired the German Gallery at 168 New Bond Street, in order to continue his activity despite the Franco-Prussian conflict that had brought the French art market to a standstill. Up until 1875, he orchestrated a series of exhibitions in this gallery under the patronage of the fictitious Society of French Artists, which, in reality, constituted a showcase for his own stock that included several works by Edouard Manet beginning in 1872. This article therefore aims at establishing as completely as possible, the body of the artist's works shown to the public in London between 1872 and 1876, mainly through the Society's exhibitions, but also, more marginally, through other events. It seeks to question the influence of British artistic culture and criticism on the very selection of these works. Why was it thought that they would be successful across the Channel? It also examines their reception based on an important body of articles from the art press
