The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet
Book description
Suffering from the complications of syphilis toward the end of his life, Edouard Manet begins to jot down his daily impressions, reflections, and memories in a notebook. He travels for healing respites in the French countryside and finds inspiration in nature-a cloud of dragonflies, peonies blanketed by the morning dew.…
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At fifty-one years old, Manet died too young of the ravages of syphilis. This intimate first-person account details the last three years of Manet’s life (1880-83). Eleven real Manet sketches add visual context. The core of the journal covers Manet’s race to keep painting while the disease disables him more and more with no cure in sight. He writes of past loves, friends, clients, models, and earlier adventures. Manet comes across as deeply insightful with no regrets, no self-pity, and as always obsessed to sketch and paint any subject that interests him. He finishes some of his finest creations during…
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