Music in the Tuileries gardens

Date: 1862

The painting shows a scene in a park densely packed with people in period clothing. In the foreground two women can be seen sitting on chairs, one of them holding a fan, the other a book. Other figures are standing or walking, some wearing hats and top hats. The atmosphere of the painting is busy, but at the same time social. The figures depicted are rendered with attention to detail and realistic expression. The style of the painting suggests that it is a work from the Impressionist period.

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Manet painted picture Music in the Tuileries gardens in 1862. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Édouard Manet (1832-1883). French Impressionist painter. He perhaps had the misfortune of starting at a time when the pendulum of history was deviating from traditional academic painting and Impressionism: for his generational peers, he was too progressive and for young painters, he was too traditional. Manet had an innovative spirit that, during his study of old masters (such as Diego Velázquez), he complemented with an excellent painting technique. From the Impressionists, he took a penchant for displaying reality using long expressive brush strokes, studying objects in the open air, and concentrating on working with light and colour. Unlike the Impressionists, however, he did not give up black colours, contours and classical composition. In fact, he did not even want to be associated with the Impressionists – he wanted his paintings to be included independently in Salon exhibitions and avoided the label of Impressionism.