
Edouard Manet, Monet Painting on His Studio Boat, 1874, oil on canvas, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
French artistic pioneer Edouard Manet (1832-1883) never exhibited with the Impressionists, but he admired and worked with them. The painting above is Manet’s tribute to Claude Monet (1840-1926) the leader of the revolutionary movement, who is painting in his studio boat accompanied by wife Camille Monet.