Manet: A Model Family

On view October 10, 2024 - January 20, 2025
Hostetter Gallery

Every artist has their muses. For Édouard Manet (1832-1883), one of those muses was family. Manet: A Model Family, explores how despite complexities between relatives, the Manet family lived happily. They were also the artist’s most frequent models, a crucial source of financial and emotional support, as well as creative inspiration. Nearly 150 years since his passing, this exhibition is the first to explore Manet through the lens of the complex familial relationships between and amongst the artist and his sitters, shedding new light on the life and masterpieces of the “father of modernism.”

Gift at the Gardner's exhibition gift collection includes art books that examine Manet's work; stationery and homeware featuring the artist's fan-favorite paintings; and body care and sweet treats evocative of la vie française.