The Croquet Party
Edouard Manet
Oil on canvas (1871)
"Considered the most innovative French painter of the 1860s, Edouard Manet greatly influenced the artists who would become the Impressionists through his urban subjects and painterly style. Although Manet never exhibited with them, he adopted their bright and high-keyed palette from the 1870s onward. Here, Manet depicted his friends and family playing a game of croquet at a fashionable resort on the Normandy coast. On the advice of his doctor, Manet traveled there in the summer of 1871, probably to recover from the devastating siege of Paris by the Prussian army in 1870–1871, during which time he served as an officer in the French army."
Maverick Mist 
This isn’t the first painting by Manet that I’ve found here Maverick. I love the realism of his art (realism? Don’t laugh ) the rather sophicated dress and and haughty attitude of his subjectts playing Croquet. Love this!
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Thanks Holly, I know what you mean, sophisticated dress and and haughty attitude are good descriptors. 🙂
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Yes😊
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The artist of his generation who captured a moment best
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He did indeed John, thanks. 🙂
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I’ve heard of Manet. Great painting. They did paint in a way that was novel to the people at that time. The painting does not give out a sharpness often associated with that time, but a unique blur. Loved this! 🙂
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Good take, thanks Stefan. 🙂
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One of my favorite painters for his subjects as well as style.
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Manet is good, thanks David. 🙂
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It is great getting to know so much more about the art world through your site, thank you Maverick. This one is especially nice, as it takes us back to a different time/world.
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Thanks Randall, we all share where we’ve been. This brings back memories for me as well of my grandparents playing croquet.
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