“The most important person in any picture,” Edouard ... made Manet a laughingstock of Paris. Born rich (in 1832), Manet decided early on his lifework and never had to compromise. Art school ...

When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia is hung ... out of reach. With Olympia, Manet rebels against the art establishment of the time. Taking Titian's Venus of Urbino as his model, Manet creates ...