Description
“Charles Baudelaire Profil en Chapeau” is an impressionistic etching by French artist Edouard Manet, posthumously printed in 1889. This work of art is of the famous French poet Charles Baudelaire (1827-1867).
Annotation
“Charles Baudelaire Profil en Chapeau” is an impressionistic etching by Edouard Manet. This work of art is of the famous French poet Charles Baudelaire (1827-1867). These two artists were very close friends. Baudelaire is shown wearing a top hat and with a scarf tied around his neck. The original life-time etching was created in 1862 but this posthumous image is a later printing. The etching has a printed, chop-style signature in the upper left corner. I acquired the artwork from the Dyansen Gallery, New York in 1989.
The artwork has a clean surface, this piece has been stored in an architectural flat file drawer in a smoke-free adult environment. All of our prints are kept in tissue and/or plastic sleeves and mailed flat to ensure safe travels. We do not list artwork with visible surface conditions, marks, or damage beyond the perimeter margins (unless specifically noted for rare prints). Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated.
About Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet was born in 1832, in Paris France. Manet studied with Thomas Couture from 1850 to 1856 and studied and copied the Old Masters at the Musee du Louvre. After leaving Couture’s studio Manet traveled extensively throughout Europe. Painting and wandering through Europe Edouard met and befriended many young and creative artists. In 1859, many fellow artists including Eugene Delacroix encouraged Edouard Manet to show at the Paris Salon but his artwork was soundly rejected. In 1861, Manet’s painting was accepted by the Salon and received favorable press and he began exhibiting at the Galerie Martinet in Paris. During the 1860s his friendship with Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Degas began.
A friend of artists, poets, and art critics Edouard Manet entered into a world of the most creative minds in Europe. His friends and associates included art critic Theophile Thore, writer Emile Zola, poet Stephane Mallarme, artist Edgar Degas, artist Claude Monet and of course poet Charles Baudelaire. In 1881, then ailing, Edouard Manet was decorated with the Legion of Honor. He died in April of 1883. A memorial exhibition of his work took place at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts the following year. [Source: Master Works Fine Art.]
Museum Collections (several):
- MOMA, NYC
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
See more artwork by Edouard Manet here.
