edouard manet emile zola 1868

navigate by keyword : woman sketch poster portrait photograph person painting man face drawing comics clothing cartoon art advertising emile zola zanne boyhood friend early interest interested artists rejected official critics manet offered paint sittings place studio rue guyot setting arranged occasion items characteristic personality tastes occupation wall reproduction olympia sparked fierce scandal 1865 salon held work

Emile Zola, CÃ©zanne's boyhood friend, showed an early interest in painting. He was particularly interested in the artists rejected by the official critics. Manet offered to paint Zola's portrait. The sittings took place in Manet's studio, rue Guyot. The setting was arranged for the occasion with items characteristic of Zola's personality, tastes and occupation. On the wall is a reproduction of Manet's Olympia, a painting which sparked a fierce scandal at the 1865 Salon but which Zola held to be Manet's best work.