January 27 – March 3 2026
In 1863, a 31year old artist exhibited a masterpiece, Luncheon on the Grass (Déjeuner sur l’Herbe) at the notorious Salon des Refusés in Paris. From that moment on, Edouard Manet was as celebrated by younger artists, the future Impressionists, as he was deplored, mocked and excluded by the art establishment. Rejecting a comfortable life of success, Manet was to remain distinctive, both courageously innovative and reflecting tradition and the work of predecessors from Frans Hals to Francisco Goya.