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Édouard Manet, the 19th-century French painter regarded as a key bridge between Realism and Impressionism.
"Manet's "Olympia" scandalized the Paris art world in 1865."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known today as the surname of the French painter Édouard Manet.
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Etymology
The stage-direction word "manet" ("he/she remains") comes from Latin manere ("to remain"); the painter's surname is a separate, unrelated French family name.