Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863-1865 And then ... But even though the transition towards Impressionism is evident in his work, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if he had continued to ...

When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia is hung in the Salon of Paris in 1865, it is met with jeers, laughter, criticism, and disdain. It is attacked by the public, the critics, the newspapers.

Adapted and excerpted from “Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism.” © 2024 by Sebastian Smee. Reprinted with permission from W.W. Norton ...

Max Liebermann was a German-Jewish painter best known as a leader of the Impressionist movement in Germany, and as one of the founders of the avant-garde Berlin Secession. Liebermann’s work is very ...