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Tarring the Boat

The paintings from the early 1870's clearly illustrate a period of transition from the dark, smooth treatment of the 1860's to the plein air works with their broken sketchlike manner that more closely resembles impressionism. Though Manet was essentially a Parisian booulevardier, he was well-acquaiinted with sea life having spent six months on a training ship.
While this image is a factual record of fishermen at their labors, nothing could be further from an anecdote than this poetic evocation of three natural elements, almost violently contrasted at the heart of the painting: fire, wood, and water.


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