Edouard Manet - Spring and Autumn
In 1881, Édouard Manet tentatively began work on a new series of four portraits.
Spring,
Summer,
Autumn,
and Winter.
The idea had originally come from a conversation with his good friend Antonin Proust (the journalist/politician) who had not exactly directly “commissioned” the series, but certainly “strongly requested” it!
And, as…
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