Manet and the American Civil War: The Battle of U.S.S. Kearsarge and C.S.S. AlabamaMetropolitan Museum of Art, 2003 - 86 pagina's "On June 19, 1864, the United States warship Kearsarge sank the Confederate raider Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France, in one of the most celebrated naval engagements of the American Civil War. When Kearsarge later anchored off the French resort town of Boulogne-sur-Mer it was thronged by curious visitors, one of whom was the artist Edouard Manet. Although he did not witness the historic battle, Manet made a painting of it partly as an attempt to regain the respect of his colleagues after having been ridiculed for his works in the 1864 Salon. Manet's picture of the naval engagement and his portrait of the victorious Kearsarge belong to a group of his seascapes of Boulogne whose unorthodox perspective and composition would profoundly influence the course of French painting." "Manet's paintings and watercolors related to the battle are considered in depth alongside numerous prints, photographs, letters, and archival newspaper illustrations that illuminate the history of the episode and in some cases dispel lingering misconceptions. Manet's other Boulogne seascapes are also discussed in terms of their complex chronology and evolution. A final chapter touches on some of the sources for the seascapes - from Old Master paintings to Japanese woodblock prints - and traces the influence of the seascapes on such artists as Gustave Courbet, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Alabama Albumen silver print American Civil War anchored Antonin Proust artist Astor Battle Bazire Bibliothèque blockade Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer Burty C.S.S. Alabama captain Caricature catalogue Cherbourg Claude Monet coast color Combat naval Confederate crew Dayton Deerhound depiction drawing Dupouy to Chasseloup-Laubat Durand-Brager Durand-Brager's ÉDOUARD MANET engraving exhibition fishing boat France FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN RONDIN French navy gallery Gideon gray Guadeloupe H. O. Havemeyer Havre et Guadeloupe Henry horizon ibid Illustrated London John Ancrum Winslow July June 19 Kearsarge's l'Alabama Le Havre Leenhoff Lenox and Tilden letter Marine Metropolitan Museum Monet Musée Museum of Art National Archives Nationale Navy Secretary officers Official Records...Navies Oil on canvas painting paper Paris Penhoat Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen photograph Pickering picture port print from glass Raphael Semmes Sailing Ships Salon Semmes Semmes's sketchbook sketches Steamboat Leaving Boulogne steamer Sumter Tilden Foundations U.S. Navy U.S.S. Kearsarge vessel Washington watercolor