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Edouard Manet was born in Paris, France on January 29, 1832. His
mother, Eugenie-Desiree Fournier, was a woman of refinement and god
daughter of Charles Bernadotte, the Crown Prince of Sweden. His
father was a magistrate in the Ministry of Justice. Manet was
assumed to be destined for a similar career, but failed several times
in his entrance requirements for Normal College. Finally, in
1850, he entered the school of the fashionable painter, Couture, which
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