caption movement death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize nationality field birth_date spouse works image article_title name
portrait by nadar , 1874 realism , impressionism 30 april 1883 paris , france Édouard manet paris , france 200px french painting , printmaking 23 january 1832 suzanne leenhoff '' sur l'herbe -rrb- '' , 1863 '' olympia '' , the 1863 '' a bar at the folies-bergère -lrb- le bar luncheon aux folies-bergère -rrb- '' , 1882 '' young flautist '' on or '' the fifer -lrb- le fifre -rrb- '' , the 1866 grass -lrb- le déjeuner Édouard manet-crop . jpg Édouard manet
 Édouard manet
Édouard manet

Édouard manet -lrb- or ; ; 23 january 1832 -- 30 april 1883 -rrb- was a french painter .
he was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life , and a pivotal figure in the transition from realism to impressionism .
his early masterworks , `` the luncheon on the grass -lrb- le déjeuner sur l'herbe -rrb- '' and `` olympia '' , both 1863 , caused great controversy and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create impressionism .
today , these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art .
