Édouard Manet lived from 1832 - 1883. He would have been alive when this picture appeared.
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| Dredging for Oysters - 1874-1875 |
(Popular Science Monthly)
What's Manet got to do with it?
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| Édouard Manet c1870 |
(By Nadar 1820-1910)
Well I doubt that Manet's inspiration came from that dredging picture but for sure he knew what oysters were.
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| Oysters - Manet 1862 |
(Oil on Canvas - National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)
Judging by his painting I'm certain his means of eating his oysters would have been more refined than this.
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| Slurping Oysters - La Capucin Gourmand 1884 |
I have never been a fan of shell fish, oysters least of all so before you slip off for further pearls of wisdom just beware of
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| A Banana Skin |
(Simon Speed 170412 - CC0 1.0)
along your way to sepia-saturday-161
25 comments:
Loved this, Bob! I love pan-fried fried oysters, but would never try a raw one because I don't want to chance getting sick.
Enjoyed learning more about Mr. Manet.
Kathy M.
I enjoyed the associations you made from the themed photograph to the artwork.
Interesting link, just love the Slurping Monk. Capucin; a Monk and a Monkey, and a Mountain feature and a type of pigeon - an Autumn delicacy
Hi Bob .. are you out of kilter? - or in Yorkshire without a kilt? bearing in mind it's very cold and it's Burn's Night tomorrow ...
I love these pictures ... I'd go and see the Oysters on .. but I think they're focusing on portraits and his approach ...
I could happily eat oysters for many a half-hour or two or three .. as long as there was some champers .. fizzy wine I guess in this day and age ..
Great selection here ... cheers Hilary
Not an oyster person either. But eating raw or steamed oysters is popular around here. I prefer Manet's version of oysters, thank-you.
I'm not keen on oysters either, but I found your post very interesting.
I notice that the English word 'slurping' has the same meaning as the Dutch word 'slurpen'. Funny. Wonder who was first ;)
Once I didn't like oysters, after living in North Carolina, I learned to slurp them. Your pictures made me hungry.
Great Post Bob! I Have to say, Oysters are not my Cup Of Tea..come to think of it...Tea is not my cup of tea either! (but that's another story)..anyway........But I am one of life's slurpers! I tend to imbibe my spaghetti in the same fashion as yer monk does!
Yes, we both decided to post about oysters this week. I really don't like them at all, but that painting by Manet makes them look really tasty. Great post.
Nancy
Great post..you guys were so smart to pick up on oysters..great shots of them..though I can not even look at them, and we have plenty over on our coast areas here in Washington State.
I have never eaten oysters that are raw or need to be slurped. I am most familiar with the smoked baby oysters that come in cans.
I love oysters, raw and very fresh, not smoked, with a squeeze of lemon - absolutely delicious. Manet got it just right.
Not a fan of oysters either but I love pearls. Slurping Oysters - how apt a name for the La Capucin Gourmand photo!
What an intriguing post! I must admit I have never eaten oysters, but I enjoyed your images and especially the Slurping Oyster.
Raw oysters are delicious, people.
You just have to get over the initial "ick" factor...
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I have not seen that Manet painting before - thanks for sharing. I found a Chicago oyster store for my contibution!
Interesting oost, Bob. I've had canned oysters once, and I suspect that will be the last time. I'm not a fan of slurpen any of my food :-) Jo
The oysters in the theme photo were eaten in Raleigh, North Carolina which is some distance from the ocean and even farther from New Orleans. Fresh "ersters" probably came from the Albemarle Sound on the Atlantic where the native dialect still has a very English twang that is different from a southern drawl. The same English voice is found in the Chesapeake too where watermen have been harvesting oysters since colonial times.
I love the illustration of what's happening both above and below the water. La Capucin slurping reminds us that it wasn't just suffer, suffer, suffer in the monasteries.
Another great example of the "connections" approach. It is like playing that word association game but with pictures rather than words. Mind you, Bob, beware - it opens up a Dorma window to the soul.
Bob, I love oysters fresh from the Tasman sea; Just the taste of the sea and a little lemon!! Beautiful Paintings; Oysters must have been at one stage a common food. Know all about Bananas, I grow them, and there is no comparison to a home grown Banana.
Wow Bob, you sure took my on a wonderful and tasty post- yummy thoughtful Oysters and such a journey to the final-banana finish! Bravo!
I wonder what noise annoys an oyster - perhaps the sound of that monk slurping?
Well, I fancy myself knowledgeable in Art, and I was wondering how you'd bring Manet in, but I had completely forgotten that still life with the oysters. I love shellfish. It's fish that I have issues with, unless it's in a sushi!! But once you've cooked fish, you've pretty much ruined it for me.
:D~
HUGZ
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