The Garden at Bellevue

Edouard Manet

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Work Overview

The Garden at Bellevue
Edouard Manet
Date: 1880; Paris, France *
Style: Impressionism
Genre: landscape
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 54 x 65 cm
Location: Private Collection


At the beginning of the 1880s Manet turned to the lush summer delights of gardens at Bellevue and Rueil, bringing a quality of humble observation to his work. The sectional views he painted were limited at every side, as if his horizon were literally becoming invisible.