Édouard Manet - Beggar with a Duffle Coat. Philosopher 1865
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Beggar with a Duffle Coat. Philosopher 1865
187x109cm oil/canvas
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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From Art Institute of Chicago:
This painting and Beggar with Oysters were probably conceived as companion pieces. Édouard Manet exhibited them together in 1872, along with paintings of an absinthe drinker and a ragpicker, under the collective title Philosophers. The beggars of Paris, nonconformist types under threat from government schemes intended to drive them out of the city, held a particular fascination for Realist artists and writers. By setting his large-scale figures against empty, dark backgrounds, Manet added to their portraitlike, indeed heroic, presence.
— Permanent collection label