Lunch at the Studio is a realistic masterpiece Manet devotes to color contrast. For Manet, it is commonplace that indoor scenes take a realistic approach to performance. But the painter divides the studio into right and left parts. Thus, the clothing of the young maid formed a contrast with the top of the youth. The table color contrasts with the image of the painter behind the desk. Among these, the youth image is the main tone of color contrast, making the two sides resonate with each other
Lunch at the Studio is a realistic masterpiece Manet devotes to color contrast.
For Manet, it is commonplace that indoor scenes take a realistic approach to performance. But the painter divides the studio into right and left parts. Thus, the clothing of the young maid formed a contrast with the top of the youth. The table color contrasts with the image of the painter behind the desk. Among these, the youth image is the main tone of color contrast, making the two sides resonate with each other.
Lunch at the Studio is Manet’s favorite. In this painting, there are no stories, only pictures.
The smoking man sitting on the right and the old gun on the left were only used to transfer the attention of the viewers who were attracted by the young and the women behind. The positions and proportions of the characters show that they are arranged in two distinct spatial landscapes that are very clear and share clear differences. But they don’t imitate nature. That is, it is virtual. The appearance of these two characters gave one a kind of magic and unreal feeling. But from an artistic conception point of view, it is credible. Color further strengthens this impression: black on a uniform shirt – this is the foreground; farther away, there are light grays and yellows in women’s clothes; then a white vase. Another color silently foiled the whole painting. Of all Manet’s paintings, the best thing is that he does not insist on objectivity and integrity, but to work on his own style based solely on his feelings.