Members Talk Edouard Manet and Victorine Meurent

Sat 28 Jun, 11am–12pm

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Developed especially for NGV Members to accompany the French Impressionism exhibition, acclaimed Manet scholar Alan Krell examines a selection of paintings by the renowned artist that feature Manet’s favourite model, Victorine Meurent.

Interestingly, Édouard Manet (1832–1883) did not participate in any of the eight Impressionist shows from 1874–1886. Yet, like the Impressionists, he did focus on modern, urban life, and his later work shows a penchant for the ‘broken brushstroke’, something that is still seen as typically Impressionist in style.

In this exclusive Members-only talk, Krell will introduce a number of works by Manet including the celebrated Dejeuner sur l’herbe (1863), Olympia (1863) and Street Singer (c. 1862), to explore the artist’s relationship with, and depictions of, Victorine Meurent, who was herself an accomplished artist and regularly exhibited her work at the Paris Salon.

ABOUT ALAN KRELL

Alan Krell obtained his doctorate on the late 19th century artist, Edouard Manet, from Bristol University, UK. Krell has lectured widely in art history, both in the UK and Australia, including at the College of Fine Arts (COFA), now University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Art and Design in Sydney, where he taught Art History and Theory for over three decades. Krell’s Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life (1996) was published in the Thames & Hudson World of Art series. Krell has also written on cultural history with books such as The Devil’s Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire (2002), Burning Issues: Fire in Art and the Social Imagination (2011), and The Mummy’s Foot and the Big Toe: Feet Imagined (2018), all three books were published by Reaktion Books, London.