On the Beach (1873). Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883). Oil on canvas. Musée
On the Beach (1873). Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883). Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay.At Berck-sur-Mer, Manet had his wife and his brother pose for him on the beach; grains of sand are mixed with the paint. Suzanne, well protected against the sun and the wind by a muslin veil and a voluminous summer dress, is absorbed in her book. Eugène is gazing out to sea. Both seem to be absorbed in their own worlds. This isolation gives the painting an indefinable melancholic feel. -- source link
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