The Toilette
1862
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Edouard Manet
Édouard Manet didn’t have much time to make his mark—he died at 51—but he used every year.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Toilette is a 1862 by Edouard Manet, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a shirtless man sitting on a chair, holding a cloth to his chest. His face is serious, and the background is full of loose, tangled lines. The whole image looks rough, like it was drawn quickly with a lot of scribbles. The artist used lots of shading to make the figure stand out against the messy background. This style makes the man look solid while everything else feels fuzzy. Next, look up *chiaroscuro* to see how shading like this works.
Édouard Manet didn’t have much time to make his mark—he died at 51—but he used every year.
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