Suzanne Manet
Suzanne Manet , born Suzanne Leenhoff (1830 - 1906) is the concubine then the wife of the painter Edouard Manet.
She was without any doubt the most determining Femme in the life of the artist, although she was not that which inspired it more, this returning privilege with Victorine Meurent. This Dutchwoman corpulent and placid, that Berthe Morisot called affectionately “ the gross Suzanne ”, had indeed the adequate temperament to live at the sides of the painter and to support with the smile its many inaccuracies. Edouard Manet, attache with Suzanne for balance that it brought to him, ends up marrying it in October 1863, that is to say one year after the death of his father.
The silhouette quiet and alleviating of Suzanne appears in many recoveries in the work of Manet. One counts several portraits remained famous, in particular the Reading , where Mrs. Manet listens to with attention the words of her son Leon, as well as the impressionist fabric Mrs Edouard Manet . In Mrs Manet with the piano , the husband of the young woman emphasizes the great talent that it had to play this instrument, so much so that it could alleviate the last days of Baudelaire while playing of the Wagner. Lastly, it is also the faithful partner of the painter who is used as model with the female naked of the surprised Nymph .
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