1862, Edouard Manet, Lola de Valence -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Long inspired by Spanish art and culture, Manet here depicted the star of a popular Spanish ballet that found great success in Paris. When the artist first exhibited the painting at the Galerie Martinet in 1863, Lola appeared against a neutral background. He later modified the setting by adding a stage backdrop seen from behind and a glimpse of the audience beyond. Portraying performers suspended between the spheres of public and private, real life and performance, later became a preoccupation of Degas's, which he first explored in Mademoiselle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source," on view nearby.
Link to a high-resolution close-up photo of details from this painting.
Link to other paintings from the exhibition “Manet/Degas".
Link to other Manet paintings.
1862, Edouard Manet, Lola de Valence -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Long inspired by Spanish art and culture, Manet here depicted the star of a popular Spanish ballet that found great success in Paris. When the artist first exhibited the painting at the Galerie Martinet in 1863, Lola appeared against a neutral background. He later modified the setting by adding a stage backdrop seen from behind and a glimpse of the audience beyond. Portraying performers suspended between the spheres of public and private, real life and performance, later became a preoccupation of Degas's, which he first explored in Mademoiselle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source," on view nearby.
Link to a high-resolution close-up photo of details from this painting.
Link to other paintings from the exhibition “Manet/Degas".
Link to other Manet paintings.