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Nana is a painting by French painter Édouard Manet. It was completed in 1877 and was refused at the Salon of Paris the same year. Manet decided to show his painting it in the window of a shop on the Boulevard des Capucines, one of Paris’s main street.[1] The painting gathered attention and crowds during its exhibition, due to Manet's fame in Paris.[2] The work is now at the Kunsthalle Hamburg art museum in Germany.

Nana
Artist	Édouard Manet
Year	1877
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	154 cm × 115 cm (61 in × 45 in)
Location	Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg

Description

The painting shows a young and beautiful woman who stands before a mirror with two extinguished candles, her face turned to the spectator. Her dress is incomplete; she wears a white chemise, blue corset, silk stockings and high-heeled footwear. The interior suggests that it is a boudoir. Behind the woman is a sofa with two pillows. An elegantly dressed man, sitting on the sofa, can be partly seen on the right of the painting. On the left side, there is a chair, a table and a flowerpot.

Interpretations

Both the title and the numerous details suggest that the picture represents a high class prostitute and her client. "Nana" was a popular assumed name for female prostitutes during the second half of the 19th century (much like the connotation "Candy" has had for English-speakers more recently). Even today the French word "nana" is used to describe a frivolous woman (or simply "a female" in argot[3]).

Reception

Manet wanted to present the painting at the Salon of Paris but it was rejected because it was deemed to be contemptuous of the morality of the time. French society was not prepared for such frank depictions of prostitution, and the critics did not see the artistic qualities of the work and concentrated solely on the scene which was represented. One of the defenders of Manet was Émile Zola who in 1880 published a novel of the same name as the ninth volume of Les Rougon-Macquart series. However, there is no clear evidence of mutual inspiration in the choice of the theme and the title as the book was published three years later. It is likely that Manet found inspiration in L'Assommoir, Zola's previous book, in which the character of Nana appears for the first time.[4]

References

• The article is a translation of Polish article "Nana (obraz Maneta)" as of 2010-03-24

На других языках

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[de] Nana (Manet)

Nana ist ein Bild des Malers Édouard Manet. Es entstand 1877 und zeigt eine junge Frau, die halbbekleidet in ihrem Boudoir steht und sich vor einem Spiegel schminkt.

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- [en] Nana (Manet)

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[es] Nana (Manet)

Nana es un cuadro del pintor Édouard Manet. Fue creado en 1877 y muestra a una joven cortesana a medio vestir en su tocador y maquillándose frente a un espejo en compañía de un protector o admirador.

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[fr] Nana (Manet)

Nana est un tableau réalisé par le peintre Édouard Manet en 1877 et refusé au Salon de Paris de la même année. La toile se situe dans la droite lignée d’Olympia et d'autres œuvres où Manet se plaît à représenter sans faux-semblant la vie de plusieurs courtisanes ou « créatures » entretenues.

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[it] Nanà (Manet)

Nanà è un dipinto del pittore francese Édouard Manet, realizzato nel 1877 e conservato alla Hamburger Kunsthalle di Amburgo.

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[ru] Нана (картина Мане)

«Нана́» (фр. Nana) — картина французского художника Эдуарда Мане, написанная в 1877 году. В том же году, когда картина была отвергнута Парижским салоном, Мане выставил её в витрине магазина на бульваре Капуцинок, одной из главных улиц Парижа[1], что привлекло к ней толпы зрителей благодаря известности Мане[2]. Ныне находится в коллекции Гамбургского кунстхалле (Германия).

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