....'The Old Musician' , painting by Édouard Manet , was produced during the period when the artist was influenced by Spanish art . The painting also shows the influence of Gustave Courbert . This work is one of Manet's largest paintings and is now conserved at the National Gallery of Art in Washington ....The painting is composed of six characters and a baby in a landscape . Most of them are in fact real individuals . The old musician in the centre who is preparing to play the violin is Jean Lagréne , the leader of the local gypsy band . At the right there are a young girl standing with a baby in her arms , and two young boys . In the background , the man in the top hat is the rag-picker and ironmonger Colardet . At the right , the Oriental man with a turban and and a long robe , represents Guéroult , a " wondering Jew " The painting also contains a series of more or less explicit allusions : the man in the top hat is the same character as 'The Absinthe Drinker' (see previous post 29th December 2011), painted by Manet some years earlier and who reappears in this painting without any particular reason . The young boy in the straw hat , meanwhile . is explicitly inspired by Antoine Watteau's ' Pierrot '
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Friday, 25 May 2012
' The Old Muscian ' Édouard Manet . French (1832-1883) Oil on canvas , circa 1862. National Gallery of Art , Washington DC
....'The Old Musician' , painting by Édouard Manet , was produced during the period when the artist was influenced by Spanish art . The painting also shows the influence of Gustave Courbert . This work is one of Manet's largest paintings and is now conserved at the National Gallery of Art in Washington ....The painting is composed of six characters and a baby in a landscape . Most of them are in fact real individuals . The old musician in the centre who is preparing to play the violin is Jean Lagréne , the leader of the local gypsy band . At the right there are a young girl standing with a baby in her arms , and two young boys . In the background , the man in the top hat is the rag-picker and ironmonger Colardet . At the right , the Oriental man with a turban and and a long robe , represents Guéroult , a " wondering Jew " The painting also contains a series of more or less explicit allusions : the man in the top hat is the same character as 'The Absinthe Drinker' (see previous post 29th December 2011), painted by Manet some years earlier and who reappears in this painting without any particular reason . The young boy in the straw hat , meanwhile . is explicitly inspired by Antoine Watteau's ' Pierrot '
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