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Édouard Manet — Les Gitanos
Édouard Manet

Les Gitanos

1862

"Les Gitanos" is an etching by Édouard Manet created in 1862, depicting a group of Romani people in a loose, sketchy style characteristic of the artist's printmaking work. The composition captures the figure of a seated guitarist with accompanying figures, rendered with Manet's characteristic bold lines and economical use of the medium to suggest form and movement. This work reflects Manet's interest in everyday subjects and marginalized social groups, themes that would become central to his artistic practice during the 1860s.

Medium
etching

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Édouard Manet, Les Gitanos, 1862

"Les Gitanos" is an etching by Édouard Manet created in 1862, depicting a group of Romani people in a loose, sketchy style characteristic of the artist's printmaking work. The composition captures the figure of a seated guitarist with accompanying figures, rendered with Manet's characteristic bold lines and economical use of the medium to suggest form and movement. This work reflects Manet's interest in everyday subjects and marginalized social groups, themes that would become central to his artistic practice during the 1860s.

Medium
etching
Year
1862
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Gypsies, Monochrome, French, Blue Chip, Genre Scene, 19th Century, Somber, Etching, Social Commentary, Portrait, Realism, Figure Painting, Social Observation, Contemporary life, Figurative, Oil on Canvas

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art