Olympia
Edouard Manet
1923
Medium
color woodcut, printed in black and ochre ink on thin parchment paper
Dimensions
sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Margarete Wohl, 1968
Accession Number
68.761.9
Tags
Female NudesCats
About the Artist
Edouard Manet · 1832–1883
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a pivotal role in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, often called the 'Father of Modern Art.' Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Manet defied his father's wishes for a legal career to pursue painting, studying under academic artist Thomas Couture. His revolutionary works 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' and 'Olympia' (both 1863) scand...