CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 30m

Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art

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Manet is one of the main candidates for the title of the most important artist there has been. As the reluctant father of Impressionism, and the painter of Dejeuner sur l'herbe, he can probably be accused of inventing modern art. But his story is fascinating on many other levels. As a piece of compelling biography, Manet's is the unlikely tale of the stubborn son of the most highly placed judge in France who decides to become an artist and embarrass his father. The resulting family tensions are the stuff of legend. Then there was Manet's dramatic private life, including exotic romantic affairs and a particularly horrible death. Always cited as the father of the Impressionists, Manet stubbornly refused to show with them, and was careful to maintain an aesthetic distance from Monet, Renoir and the others. While they worshipped him, he looked down on them.

Directed byWaldemar Januszczak

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 30m
Language: EN
Released: June 13, 2009
Budget: $255

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BBC

ZCZ Films

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Waldemar Januszczak

Waldemar Januszczak

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Juliet Wilson-Bareau

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Directed by: Waldemar Januszczak
Produced by: Susan Doyon

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