Le Fifre

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Le Fifre is a famous 1866 painting by Édouard Manet depicting a young military fifer in a strikingly flat, simplified style that anticipates modern art.

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Le Fifre canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
alternativeTitle The Fifer
artHistoricalSignificance anticipates modernist flatness
key work in Manet's oeuvre
artist Édouard Manet
artisticStyle Japanese-influenced composition
flat simplified style
backgroundColor neutral gray
catalogueRaisonnéNumber Wildenstein 67 (approximate reference)
linked to: Wildenstein
collection Musée d'Orsay collection
linked to: Musée d'Orsay
commissionedBy none
compositionFeature flat background
frontal pose
full-length single figure
countryOfOrigin France
creator Édouard Manet
depicts Spanish-style military uniform
young military fifer
era 19th-century art
exhibitedAt Salon des Refusés
firstPublicExhibitionYear 1867
genre portrait painting
height 161 cm
historicalPeriod Second French Empire
iconography French military musician
inception 1866
influenceOn modern painting
inspiredBy Diego Velázquez
Spanish court portraiture
languageOfTitle French
locatedIn Paris
location Musée d'Orsay
mainColor black
red
white
movement Realism
early modern art
owner French state
previousLocation Jeu de Paume
linked to: Jeu de Paume Museum

Louvre Museum
reception initially rejected by official Salon
relatedWorkByArtist Luncheon on the Grass
Olympia
subjectAge adolescent boy
technique oil on canvas
title Le Fifre
width 97 cm

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The Fifer title Le Fifre
Le Fifre title Le Fifre