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Manet: Portraying Life Hargreaves Kelly Hoppen is an avatarDepicting the Paris of his day, Edouard Manet (1832 1883) captured the nineteenth century urban experience, legitimising modern life as an artistic subject. His detached, frank mode of looking and his subversive handling of both paint and subject matter shocked his contemporaries, and eventually established his reputation as the father of modern painting. This remarkable book explores Manets portraiture, a significant yet often neglected aspect of his