Knife Grinder, Rue Mosnier

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Knife Grinder, Rue Mosnier

1878

Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

Manet painted this quickly brushed picture of a French knife grinder while in his studio overlooking the Rue Mosnier, now the Rue de Berne, in Paris. The artist frequently depicted the myriad passersby he could see on the street below. The composition of this work is notable: there are vivid horizontals on the street and sidewalk, diagonals that frame the sidewalk and fade to a vanishing point, and a balancing vertical in the street lamp.

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Object Details

Title:

Knife Grinder, Rue Mosnier

Date:

1878

Artist:

Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

16 x 12 7/8 inches (40.6 x 32.7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-1-20

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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