Boating is an 1874 painting by French artist Édouard Manet in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[1]

Boating
Year1874
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions97.2 cm × 130.2 cm (38.3 in × 51.3 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession29.100.115

Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a man (believed to be Manet's brother in law, Rodolphe Leenhoff) and an unknown woman boating on the River Seine at Argenteuil in the Paris suburbs.[2]

In the work Manet uses two new blue pigments, cerulean blue and synthetic ultramarine. The composition is radically cropped and inspired by Japanese art.[3]

The work is on view in Gallery 818.

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  1. ^ "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ^ Iacobelli, Natalia (April 21, 2023). "Masterpiece Story: Boating by Édouard Manet". Daily Art Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Samu, Margaret (October 2004). "Impressionism: Art and Modernity". The Met. Retrieved October 9, 2023.