Edouard Manet,known as Edouard Manet, was one of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
About Edouard Manet: The Frenche Artist, Edouard Manet completed painting his last major painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, in 1882 and it hung in the Salon that year. In 1881, the French government awarded him the Legion d'honneur. Edouard Manet died of untreated syphilis and rheumatism, which he contracted in his forties.In 2000, one of Edouard Manet paintings sold for over $20 million.