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Art FIGHTS! Monet Vs. Manet
Art, Art Retros, NostalgiaTHE TALE OF THE TAPE
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FULL NAME: Oscar Claude Monet
TRAINING: Son of a grocer and a singer, scrambled to become an artist, mentored in oil painting by Eugène Boudin
REACH: Achieved worldwide acclaim in his lifetime
SPECIAL MOVES: Cripples opponents’ ego by mentioning how the term Impressionism is named after his work
FATALITY: Lived to the ripe old age of 86 before succumbing to lung cancer
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FULL NAME: Édouard Manet
TRAINING: After failing to get into the Navy he copied the masters in the Louvre while receiving a top class art education
REACH: Resisted by critics, but earned the respect of peers for “depicting life as it was”
SPECIAL MOVES: After making a few solids jabs of Realism, he’ll throw a surprise uppercut of Impressionism
FATALITY: Syphylis victim, after the amputation of a gangrenous foot, dies at 51
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ROUND 1: Capacity To Produce Iconic Works
While it may be tempting to give this round to Monet, as more of his paintings have become well-known, we’ll still call it a tie. There’s no question that both painters shared a rare talent for the creation of iconic masterpieces.
![famous Water Lily Pond painting Monet from 19th century art](https://zouchmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Water-Lily-Pond-Monet.jpg)
Water Lily Pond by Monet
![Bar at the Folies Bergeres by Manet from the 19th century](https://zouchmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bar-at-the-Folies-Bergeres.jpg)
Bar at the Folies Bergères by Manet
ROUND 2: Demonstration Of National Pride
Both artists appeared to demonstrate an equal soft-spot for their homeland of France. This is clearly reflected in several pieces throughout both of their careers. Looks like we have another tie.
![Garden At Sainte Adresse by Claude Oscar Monet, 19th century art/painting](https://zouchmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Garden-At-Sainte-Adresse-by-Claude-Oscar-Monet.jpg)
Garden At Sainte Adresse by Monet
ROUND 3: Portraiture
The art of creating portraits was hugely popular in the 19th century and Manet was commonly known as a master of this craft…
![Portrait of Alphonse Maureau - Manet, art from the 19th century](https://zouchmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Portrait-of-Alphonse-Maureau-Manet.jpg)
Portrait of Alphonse Maureau by Manet
However, Monet is the only combatant here today that had his portrait done by the likes of Pierre August Renoir!
![Pierre August Renoir painted Claude Monet Reading Pierre August Renoir painted Claude Monet Reading painting from the 19th century](https://zouchmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Pierre-August-Renoir-painted-Claude-Monet-Reading.jpg)
Portrait of Monet by Renoir
It looks like Manet turned out to be a lemon in the end.
VICTORY GOES TO MONET!