Knife Grinder, Rue Mosnier
Édouard Manet, French, 1832 - 1883
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1878Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
16 x 12 7/8 inches (40.6 x 32.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1978-1-20Credit Line:
Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1878Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
16 x 12 7/8 inches (40.6 x 32.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1978-1-20Credit Line:
Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978
Label:
Manet painted this quickly brushed picture of a French knife grinder while in his studio overlooking the Rue Mosnier, now the Rue de Berne, in Paris. The artist frequently depicted the myriad passersby he could see on the street below. The composition of this work is notable: there are vivid horizontals on the street and sidewalk, diagonals that frame the sidewalk and fade to a vanishing point, and a balancing vertical in the street lamp.
Manet painted this quickly brushed picture of a French knife grinder while in his studio overlooking the Rue Mosnier, now the Rue de Berne, in Paris. The artist frequently depicted the myriad passersby he could see on the street below. The composition of this work is notable: there are vivid horizontals on the street and sidewalk, diagonals that frame the sidewalk and fade to a vanishing point, and a balancing vertical in the street lamp.
