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Marine
Edouard Manet French
Not on view
Manet probably made this seascape following his summer holiday in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1868. He chose the fluid watercolor medium to convey the moving currents of the ocean and breeze that propel the sailboats under a cloudy, blue sky. Although landscape painting hardly made an appearance in the work of Manet and Degas, the sea played an important role for both artists, especially Manet, who originally tried to pursue a career in the French navy. Manet made informal sketches and notes outdoors, but he likely completed works such as this one in the studio. Degas later owned one of Manet’s marine watercolors, a “study of sailboats.”
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