Judgement of Paris

[9781844134076]

In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. Manet was known only as the sloppy painter of a few much-derided canvases depicting absinthe-drinking beggars and bourgeois gentlemen in top hats. This book describes the parallel careers of Meissonier and Manet. It also describes the Parisian life.