The Melon
Edouard Manet
c. 1880
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 46.67 × 56.52 cm (18 3/8 × 22 1/4 in.) framed: 71.44 × 80.65 × 8.57 cm (28 1/8 × 31 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
2014.18.29
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...