Artnet

10 Must-See Works at the Musée d’Orsay’s ‘Manet/Degas’ Show that Illuminate the Fascinating—And Occasionally Bitter—Dynamics Between the Two Artists

The two Parisian artists were collegiate—but also competitive. Edgar Degas's Edmond et Thérèse Morbilli (1865). Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd Museum of fine Arts Boston, Boston, U.S. Both artists ...
Artnet

A Manet Painting Was Divided for Years—Until Degas Brought It Back Together

Édouard Manet was not immune to bad press. In 1864, a year on from scandalizing Parisian mores with his vision of bourgeoisie vice in Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (1863), his follow-up Salon entry was being ...
The New York Times

Manet and Morisot, Soul Mates in Modernity

A new exhibition at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco captures the creative spark between two avant-garde 19th-century painters, Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot. By Karen Rosenberg Reporting from ...
The Boston Globe

‘Manet: A Model Family’ at the Gardner Museum reveals intimate drama

With portraits the artist made of the people closest to him, the exhibition tunes into the details of his private life In 1863, Édouard Manet married Suzanne Leenhoff, his well-to-do family’s piano ...
Hyperallergic

Manet’s Controversial Nude Is Coming to New York

“Olympia” (1863) will be shown in the US for the first time as part of a Met exhibition focused on the joint careers of Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas. The gears are turning at the Metropolitan Museum ...