Edouard Manet LO: To understand Manet’s Realism style of art Who was Eduoard Manet?

• Manet was a French modernist painter. • He lived from January 23rd 1832 – April 30th 1883. • He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life. • This artistic style of painting modern life was known as Realism. • He was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. House of Rueil Music in the Tuileries

• As already mentioned, the realism style of painting was the painting of modern life. Realism style of • This includes the painting of daily scenes that he would have painting experienced. • This could include a garden, a street, a park, among other scenes. Café scenes Famous paintings The Railway The races at Longchamp Historical paintings

Manet also painted historical events that he had experienced.

Such as ‘The Execution of Emperor Maximillian’ Manet also painted portraits of people he would encounter.

Portraits Christ the Gardener The Bugler The Guitar Player Creating our own Manet styled art

For the rest of the lesson, you will be drawing a scene from outside your house/ school.

You will use pencils and crayons for your drawing, to create your own realism piece of art on A4 paper. This lesson…

• This lesson, we are going to explore the realism style of painting by Edouard Manet. We will briefly explore who Manet is, examining some of his famous paintings, focusing on idea that he painted scenes and portraits of people that he had personally encountered. The class will then be tasked to draw and colour (using crayons) a scene outside their house/ school on a blank A4 piece of paper, to create their own realism art.