Manet’s paintings were regularly rejected by the Salon, yet he continued to submit them and declined to exhibit with the Impressionists, who regarded him as a father figure. Even when his works were accepted by the Salon, they were routinely received with outrage among both critics and the public. This response baffled him.
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Manet: The Return to Venice is at the Doge’s Palace, Venice, until 1 September. Roderick Conway Morris has written on art and culture in Italy and elsewhere for the International Herald Tribune since 1991.
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