Races at Longchamp

Date: 19th century
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA

The painting depicts a horse racing scene with riders on horses cresting towards the audience. The audience is gathered along the railings and on the grandstand to the right, with a background of greenery and a vast bluish sky. The overall scene exudes dynamism and movement, with the artistic style moving from more detailed depictions of people to more expressive depictions of horses and nature.

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Manet painted picture Races at Longchamp in 19th century. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is long. This art piece is located in The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA. 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.