A record-setting auction for a Manet painting set the tone for Christie's fall auctions. WSJ's Kelly Crow offers an insider's take on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP It may be autumn, but ...

He's one of those painters considered so influential, people don't even bother with his first name. Looking at his work now, it's hard to imagine that Edouard Manet was ever regarded as revolutionary, ...

Édouard Manet was not immune to bad press. In 1864, a year on from scandalizing Parisian mores with his vision of bourgeoisie vice in Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (1863), his follow-up Salon entry was being ...

For a few more days, a luminous still life by the artist is on view at Sotheby's. On May 15, it will be sold. Edouard Manet's Vase de fleurs, roses et lilas (1882), which is on view now at Sotheby's ...

She was unlike any naked lady who’d ever gone before. She wasn’t Eve in the Garden or Venus on a foamy bed of waves. She wasn’t a goddess or an angel or a shy bather caught off guard. She was a ...