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Edouard Manet:
From 1860 (the year he created his first original print)
etching and lithography became as important to Edouard Manet's
art as his celebrated paintings. Manet was one of the first
artists to actively experiment with etching during its revival
in France and even contributed an original plate to the first
issue published by the Societe des Aquafortistes. During this
time Manet also came into contact with other great pioneers of
etching and lithography, such as Bracquemond, Ribot, Legros,
Whistler and Fantin-Latour. As well, Manet was a close friend
of the influential poet, Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), who,
through his perceptive and critical writings championed the
cause of etching as the highest form of artistic creativity.
From 1862 to 1869 the artist etched five portraits of
Baudelaire.
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