More than in his teacher's studio, Manet learned
to paint in the Louvre by studying old masters. He was particularly impressed
by the seventeenth-century Spanish artist Diego Velázquez,
contrasting his vivid brushwork with the "stews and gravies" of
academic style. Manet began to develop a freer manner, creating form not
through a gradual blending of tones, but with discrete areas of color side by
side. He drew on the old masters for structure, often incorporating their
motifs, but giving them a modern cast…
Viewers were not used to flat space and shallow volumes in
painting. To many, Manet's "color patches" appeared unfinished…
Additionally, Manet utilized many different
colors to represent one tone, and one actuality. Rather than working with color
scales Manet preferred strongly contrasting tones that appear to be
one-dimensional. Thus, although the flat tone of his paintings appear simple,
they were difficult to produce, especially considering Manet's aversion to
layering paints.
From: http://www.artble.com/artists/edouard_manet
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