1873, Edouard Manet, A Game of Croquet -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: To the countryside! In 1873, the Frenchman Edouard Manet painted en plein air with its natural light for the first time: four people playing croquet together, a popular as well as casual leisure activity. In the foreground sits fellow artist Alfred Stevens and in the background Paul Roudier, one of Manet's friends. In between are two ladies, modeling. Manet rarely came as close to the Impressionists as he does here.
Link to other Manet paintings
1873, Edouard Manet, A Game of Croquet -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: To the countryside! In 1873, the Frenchman Edouard Manet painted en plein air with its natural light for the first time: four people playing croquet together, a popular as well as casual leisure activity. In the foreground sits fellow artist Alfred Stevens and in the background Paul Roudier, one of Manet's friends. In between are two ladies, modeling. Manet rarely came as close to the Impressionists as he does here.
Link to other Manet paintings