Manet: Portraying Life press view at the Royal Academy of Arts in London


A Royal Academy of Arts employ poses for a photograph during a Manet: Portraying Life press view next to Manet’s The Railway, 1873 in London Britain 22 January 2012. The Railway, 1873 depicts one of Manet’s favourite models, Victorine Meurent, posing with a young girl in front of the railings of Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris. It is the first time this painting has been on display in London. The Royal Academy’s major exhibition Manet: Portraying Life, features over 50 paintings spanning the career of this archetypal modern artist. The exhibition examines the relationship between Manet’s portrait painting and his scenes of modern life.


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Photo credit: © TC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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