Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

Boating (detail)
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Publisher

Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Publication Date

January 1966

Abstract

The straw boater (hat) became synonymous with summer leisure. In the hard-scrabble, often oppressive Industrial Revolution, leisure time for many was hard to come by. Owning and wearing a straw boater was the wearer's badge that life had become more than simply hard work. Manet, as well as other artists of the time, use the boater as a symbol of the good life and the emergence of "leisure" as a right and privlage. According to various scholars the man at the tiller may be Rudolph Leenhoff, Manet's brother-in-law.The stippled parts of the painting, made up of mass color, are consistent with the concept of Impressionism, but there are touches of black present, which would have been considered a heresy by the instigators of the movement.

Keywords

New York, NY, Paris, France, Style: French Impressionist, School: Impressionist, Movement: Impressionism, French, Painting, Painting

Alt Text

A woman wearing a white hat and blue clothing, with her face partially turned away from the viewer. The background features a blurred blue and white scene.

Geographic Location

New York, NY; Paris (France)

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Identifier

A01-NFF0470

Boating (detail)

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