Was Manet an impressionist?. If Manet was for the Impressionists a master for his modern subjects captured from life, he never appeared as one of them.
While sometimes subject to their influence, he retained his melancholic and Baudelairean note. This article is taken from Figaro Special Edition Paris 1874, Rising Sun Impressionism. Discover in this issue the artistic epic of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Berthe Morisot, Pissaro, Sisley, Cézanne.