Research at
Gallaudet University
2005 - 2006

Manet in Dialogue: Phase Three

Status: Ongoing Begin date: August 2, 2004 End date: No set date

Description

Research focused on the work of Edouard Manet, one of the most important artists of the 19th century, and one who many credit as being the father of modern art. The project is centered on Manet's last painting-- A Bar at the Folies-Bergere (1882) (Courtaud Institute Galleries, London)--a work which displays certain affinities to earlier artists while simultaneously expressing ideas more closely associated with modernism. Although significant research has been conducted on Manet, including several excellent exhibitions, existing scholarship has not adequately explored the relationship of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere to earlier artists or the way in which this late painting can be read as a summary response to the influences that asserted themselves on his work throughout his career. Phase two of this project involved travel to London and Edinburgh to conduct object analysis and research related to sources for Manet's work, his dialogue with them, and how A Bar at the Folies-Bergere can be viewed as an aesthetic bridge from past traditions of representation. Phase three of Manet in Dialogue is currently underway and has involved additional research and follow-up, working with resources and collections in the United States and abroad including New York, Philadelphia, Paris, and London.

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