[HIGHLIGHTS] Nine days of impressionism: May 20, 1866, Zola is fired from his newspaper for having defended Manet

Nine days of impressionism: May 20, 1866, Zola is fired from his newspaper for having defended Manet. “I defended Mr.

Manet, as I will defend in my life any frank individuality that is attacked. I will always be on the side of the defeated. I am for tempers, and I attack the crowd. » This article is taken from Figaro Hors-série Paris 1874, Impressionisme-Soleil levant, a special issue published one hundred and fifty years after the first impressionist exhibition.