Eduoard Manet is a French painter, born in Paris (1832-1883 AD). He often found his inspiration amongst the classical masters, especially the Spaniards of the Golden Century, and he himself inspired some of the precursors of impressionism (le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Olympia, le Balcon, le Fifre, l'Exécution de Maximilien). A Passeurs 1).