Édouard Manet, French
“No, I’m Actually Not the Monopoly Guy, But I Get That a Lot,” 1880
Oil on canvas
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MASTERPIECE #3579
/// Manet painted friend Antonin Proust
as a dandy, which gave both a boost.
Édouard thought it was fitting
to complete in one sitting.
Manet’s bio, in time, Proust produced.
/// Having been friends for years, Manet knows
how to capture the truth in a pose.
Using paints and his art
he revealed his friend’s heart.
The biographer did it with prose.
/// Antonin is impeccably dressed,
as befits Paris style at its best.
And Manet often loves
to depict yellow gloves,
as a hint of Bohemian zest.
/// Women said he was “handsy” and such.
One who felt things (and people) too much.
Proust hoped ladies approved
that his glove was removed
to provide them his “personal touch.”
/// Politicians like Proust must show “class.”
Ought not openly lust for a lass.
To Manet he’d confide:
“Wish you’d posed me outside
at that picnic with girls in the grass.”