There’s a debate about whether Manet was an Impressionist or not, however, he certainly impacted the group greatly.
There’s a debate about whether Manet was an Impressionist or not, however, he certainly impacted the group greatly. Born in 1832 in Paris into an upper-middle-class family, Édouard Manet became one of the most important artists of the 19th century. He is also well-known for his involvement with the Impressionist group, but he never exhibited in one of the official Impressionist exhibitions.