[[Image:BarFoliesBergere.jpg|right|thumb|Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1882.]]
[[Image:BarFoliesBergere.jpg|right|thumb|Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1882.]]
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Manet was born on January 23, 1832, to parents Auguste and Eugenie-Desiree. In 1848, at the age of sixteen, he embarked on the ship Le Hauvre et Guackloupe as a cabin boy. He was at sea for six months. Upon his return to [[Paris]], he was able to persuade his family to allow him to devote himself to painting.
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Manet was born on January 23, 1832, to parents Auguste and Eugenie-Desiree. In 1848, at the age of sixteen, he embarked on the ship Le Hauvre et Guackloupe as a cabin boy. He was at sea for six months. Upon his return to [[Paris]], he was able to persuade his family to allow him to devote himself to painting. He used to copied the old masters in the [[Louvre]]. He absorbed the influences of [[Velázquez]] and [[Goya]].