The Smoker (Le Fumeur)
Edouard Manet
1866–67
Medium
Etching on blue laid paper, final state (II)
Dimensions
plate: 6 13/16 x 5 13/16in. (17.3 x 14.8cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 7/8in. (36.5 x 25.1cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.76.16
Tags
MenSmoking
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...