Music in the Tuileries facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Music in the Tuileries |
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| Artist | Édouard Manet |
| Year | 1862 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 76 cm × 118 cm (30 in × 46 in) |
| Location | Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin |
Music in the Tuileries is a famous painting from 1862 by the French artist Édouard Manet. It shows a lively scene of people gathering in a park. This painting is special because it's shared between two art galleries: the National Gallery, London in England and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin in Ireland.
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About the Painting
This artwork is one of Manet's early pieces. It shows his unique style, which was inspired by older artists like Frans Hals and Diego Velázquez. Manet loved to paint scenes of everyday life and people enjoying their free time, and this painting is a great example of that. It even inspired other famous artists like Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir to paint similar large groups of people.
What's Happening in the Tuileries?
The painting shows people in the Tuileries gardens in Paris, France. These gardens are close to the famous Louvre museum. Back in 1862, people often gathered here for weekly concerts. Even though you don't see any musicians in the painting, you can almost imagine the music playing and people chatting.
Some people at the time thought the painting looked "unfinished." But its style helps you feel what the gardens were like. You can sense the atmosphere and imagine the sounds and conversations happening there. The iron chairs you see in the front of the painting were new to the garden in 1862, replacing older wooden ones.
Who's in the Picture?
Manet included many of his friends in this painting. These were other artists, writers, and musicians. He even painted himself!
- Manet himself is on the far left side of the painting.
- Next to him is another painter, Albert de Balleroy.
- To their right, sitting down, is the sculptor and writer Zacharie Astruc.
- Manet's brother, Eugène Manet, is in the front, a bit to the right of the middle, wearing white pants.
- The composer Jacques Offenbach (with glasses and a mustache) is sitting against a tree on the right.
- The writer Théophile Gautier stands against a tree in a brown suit with a full beard.
- Another writer, Charles Baudelaire, is to the left of Gautier.
- Henri Fantin-Latour is further left, with a beard, looking towards you.
- The child with light hair in the very center is Léon Leenhoff.
Where is the Painting Now?
The painting measures about 76.2 × 118.1 centimetres (30.0 × 46.5 in) (about 30 by 46 inches). It was first shown to the public in 1863. Manet sold it to an opera singer and art collector named Jean-Baptiste Faure in 1883.
Later, in 1903, a collector named Sir Hugh Lane bought the painting. When Sir Hugh Lane passed away in 1915, there was a disagreement about who should own his art collection, including this painting. He had written a note that seemed to leave his paintings to the Dublin City Gallery (now the Hugh Lane Gallery). However, this note was not officially witnessed, so a court decided that his earlier will meant the paintings should go to the National Gallery in London.
After some discussions involving the Irish government, the two galleries reached a special agreement in 1959. They decided to share the paintings! This means that half of Sir Hugh Lane's collection is lent to Dublin and shown there every five years. The agreement was updated in 1993, so now most of the paintings (31 out of 39) stay in Ireland, and four of the remaining eight are lent to Dublin for six years at a time.
Painting Materials
The colors in most parts of this painting are soft and natural, using shades of brown and mixed colors. For example, the dark green leaves at the top have a special layer of emerald green and a pigment called Scheele's green mixed with yellow and a little bit of black and yellow-brown. However, Manet used bright, pure colors for small details, like the hats and clothes of the children. These bright spots use strong colors like cobalt blue, vermilion (a bright red), or chrome orange.
