Genoa 1639-Rome 1709 Related Paintings of Giovanni Battista Gaulli Called Baccicio :. | St John the Baptist | The Continence of Scipio | Portrait of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici | bacoeariadne fcegk | Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne | Related Artists: Vervloet Francois Malines 1795-Venise 1872 Francois Lamoriniere painted View at Edegem in 1863 Eouard Manet He was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern and postmodern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass (Le dejeuner sur l'herbe) and Olympia, engendered great controversy and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism. Today, these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art.