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{{Short description|Painting by Édouard Manet}}
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| title=Spring
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| artist=[[Édouard Manet]]
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| year=1881
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| medium=[[Oil painting|Oil on canvas]]
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'''''Spring''''' is a painting by [[Édouard Manet]] that was created in 1881. It debuted at the Paris Salon of 1882 and was considered the greatest and final public success of Manet's Salon career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/268843/edouard-manet-jeanne-spring-french-1881/|title=Jeanne (Spring) (Getty Museum)|author=|date=|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref> It depicts Parisian actress Jeanne DeMarsy in a floral dress with parasol and bonnet against a background of lush foliage and blue sky, as the embodiment of Spring. The painting also became the first work of art ever to be published in color.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5840859&lid=1&from=relatedlot&intobjectid=5840859|title=Edouard Manet (1832-1883) , Le Printemps|author=|date=|website=christies.com|accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref>
'''''Spring''''' is a 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by [[Édouard Manet]]. It debuted at the [[Paris Salon]] of 1882 and was considered the greatest and final public success of Manet's Salon career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/268843/edouard-manet-jeanne-spring-french-1881/|title=Jeanne (Spring) (Getty Museum)|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|access-date=26 June 2017}}</ref> It depicts Parisian actress Jeanne DeMarsy in a floral dress with parasol and bonnet against a background of lush foliage and blue sky, as the embodiment of Spring. The painting also became the first work of art ever to be published in color.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5840859&lid=1&from=relatedlot&intobjectid=5840859|title=Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Le Printemps|website=christies.com|access-date=26 June 2017}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
''Spring'' was the first of a planned quartet of allegorical works using chic Parisian women to depict the four seasons. The idea came from Manet’s friend, [[Antonin Proust]], who suggested a series of seasons personified by contemporary ideals of women, fashion and beauty. The series was never finished and Manet died a year after finishing only the second of the series, ''Autumn''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/this-just-in-edouard-manet-spring/|title=Édouard Manet’s Spring Now at the Getty Museum|author=|date=25 November 2014|website=getty.edu|accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref>
''Spring'' was the first of a planned quartet of allegorical works using chic Parisian women to depict the four seasons. The idea came from Manet's friend, [[Antonin Proust]], who suggested a series of seasons personified by contemporary ideals of women, fashion and beauty. The series was never finished and Manet died a year after finishing only the second of the series, ''Autumn''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-manet-spring-auction-record-20141105-story.html|title=Getty breaks record with $65.1-million purchase of Manet's 'Spring'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Craig Nakano|date=5 November 2014|access-date=26 June 2017}}</ref>


==Auction==
==Auction==
In November 2014, the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]] paid more than $65 million for the painting, surpassing the previous record of $33.2 million for a Manet which was paid for ''Self Portrait With a Palette'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-manet-spring-auction-record-20141105-story.html|title=Getty breaks record with $65.1-million purchase of Manet's 'Spring'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Craig Nakano|date=5 November 2014|accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref>
In November 2014, the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]] paid more than $65 million for the painting, surpassing the previous record of $33.2 million for a Manet which was paid for ''[[Self-Portrait with Palette (Manet)|Self Portrait With a Palette]]'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/this-just-in-edouard-manet-spring/|title=Édouard Manet’s Spring Now at the Getty Museum|date=25 November 2014|website=getty.edu|access-date=26 June 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of most expensive paintings]]
* [[List of paintings by Édouard Manet]]
* [[1881 in art]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 20 July 2023

Spring
French: Le Printemps
ArtistÉdouard Manet
Year1881
Catalogue2014.62
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions74 cm × 51.5 cm (29.1 in × 20.3 in)
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Spring is a 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by Édouard Manet. It debuted at the Paris Salon of 1882 and was considered the greatest and final public success of Manet's Salon career.[1] It depicts Parisian actress Jeanne DeMarsy in a floral dress with parasol and bonnet against a background of lush foliage and blue sky, as the embodiment of Spring. The painting also became the first work of art ever to be published in color.[2]

Background

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Spring was the first of a planned quartet of allegorical works using chic Parisian women to depict the four seasons. The idea came from Manet's friend, Antonin Proust, who suggested a series of seasons personified by contemporary ideals of women, fashion and beauty. The series was never finished and Manet died a year after finishing only the second of the series, Autumn.[3]

Auction

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In November 2014, the J. Paul Getty Museum paid more than $65 million for the painting, surpassing the previous record of $33.2 million for a Manet which was paid for Self Portrait With a Palette in 2010.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jeanne (Spring) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Le Printemps". christies.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. ^ Craig Nakano (5 November 2014). "Getty breaks record with $65.1-million purchase of Manet's 'Spring'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Édouard Manet's Spring Now at the Getty Museum". getty.edu. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2017.