The Gypsies
1862
Édouard Manet captures a rugged Romani family in this striking 1862 etching, fueled by his early obsession with Spanish culture and street life. A guitar-toting man stands tall with a mysterious grin while a woman cradles a baby and a young child guzzles from a bottle, painting a raw, unromanticized picture of itinerant life. Manet was a rebel who helped pave the way for Impressionism, and here his scratchy, energetic lines show he was already breaking away from polished academic art long before his famous paintings shocked the Paris Salon.
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