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1832 - 1883Life of the French modernist painter Edouard Manet.
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23 Jan 1832The modernist painter Edouard Manet is born in Paris.
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1849Edouard Manet becomes a naval cadet and sails to Brazil.
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1850Edouard Manet enrolls in the art school of Thomas Couture.
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Jan 1852Léon-Edouard Leenhoff is born, probably the illegitimate son of Edouard Manet.
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1853Edouard Manet visits the art galleries of Italy and parts of northern Europe.
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1859Edouard Manet produces his first great work, The Absinthe Drinker.
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1861Edouard Manet's 'Monsieur et Madame Manet' and 'The Spanish Singer' are both accepted by the Paris Salon.
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1862Edouard Manet paints his 'Music in the Tuileries Gardens'.
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1863Edouard Manet's painting 'Lunch on the Grass' causes outrage when shown at the Paris Salon.
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Oct 1863Edouard Manet marries Suzanne Leenhoff.
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1865Edouard Manet's 'Olympia' causes outrage when shown at the Paris Salon.
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1865Edouard Manet visits Spain.
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1867Edouard Manet sets up his own independent booth near the World Fair in Paris.
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1868Berthe Morisot meets fellow artists Edouard Manet at the Louvre.
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1869Edouard Manet's 'The Balcony' and 'Lunch in the Studio" are shown in the Paris Salon where they perplex viewers.
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1872Edouard Manet's 'Battle of Kearsage' and 'Alabama' are shown in the Paris Salon.
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1873Edouard Manet's 'Le Bon Bok' ('The Beer Drinker') is accepted by the Paris Salon.
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1874Edouard Manet and Claude Monet spend time together painting at Argenteuil on the Seine.
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1874Edouard Manet's 'Argenteuil' and 'The Railway Station' are shown in the Paris Salon.
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1875Edouard Manet visits Venice.
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1875Edouard Manet organises his own independent exhibition of his work in Paris.
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1877Edouard Manet's controversial 'Nana' is rejected by the Paris Salon.
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1879Edouard Manet's 'Boating' and 'In the Conservatory' are shown in the Paris Salon.
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1880Georges Charpentier organises a solo exhibition in Paris for Edouard Manet's work.
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1880Edouard Manet's 'At Père Lathuilles' is shown in the Paris Salon.
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1881Edouard Manet wins second prize at the Paris Salon for his portrait of the politician Henri Rochefort.
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1881Edward Manet is awarded the prestigious Légion d’Honneur.
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c. 1881Edouard Manet paints his last masterpiece, 'Bar at the Folies-Bergère'.
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30 Apr 1883Edouard Manet dies in Paris.
