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Still-life was an important element in the paintings of Édouard Manet; He painted still lifes throughout his career but his most sustained interest in the genre itself was from 1864 to 1865. [http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/44892] Manet was unfortunate to suffer a long illness before he died, however some good did come out of it. He would paint the small bowls of flowers that visitors would bring, including his legendary "Lilacs in a Vase". [http://www.geoffreychatten.com/blog/paintings-of-flowers/] Manet considered Still life to be the "touchstone of the painter". [http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/events/exhibitions/in-the-musee-dorsay/exhibitions-in-the-musee-dorsay-more/article/manet-les-natures-mortes-4169.html?print=1&]

Still-life was an important element in the paintings of Édouard Manet; He painted still lifes throughout his career but his most sustained interest in the genre itself was from 1864 to 1865. [http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/44892] Manet was unfortunate to suffer a long illness before he died, however some good did come out of it. He would paint the small bowls of flowers that visitors would bring, including his legendary "Lilacs in a Vase". [http://www.geoffreychatten.com/blog/paintings-of-flowers/] Manet considered Still life to be the "touchstone of the painter". [http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/events/exhibitions/in-the-musee-dorsay/exhibitions-in-the-musee-dorsay-more/article/manet-les-natures-mortes-4169.html?print=1&]

== Masterpieces ==

== Masterpieces ==