The son of a government official, he went to sea to avoid studying law.
The son of a government official, he went to sea to avoid studying law. After returning he studied in Paris under the French academic painter Thomas Courture. In 1866 he became friends with Emile Zola, and was soon joined by a number of young French impressionists. This painter died in 1883, leaving behind 420 oil paintings. For ten points, name this painter of Olympia and The Bar at the Folies-Bergeres.
The son of a government official, he went to sea to avoid studying law.
Edouard {Manet}