# The Races at Longchamp

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MANET, Edouard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 44 x 85 cm

## Commentary

In this painting, Manet turned aside from urban truth to investigate the representation of speed. Flecks of swirling colour advance through the light, and the gaudy spectacle is captured with photographic instantaneousness.

## Related artworks

- [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergre-detail-rfa641fb125e527>)
- [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergre-r8094e80ad1d9d5>)
- [A Matador \(Matador Saluting\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/a-matador-matador-saluting-r6528d940a4e4cc>)
- [Argenteuil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/argenteuil-r2f4dac903cd237>)
- [At Longchamp Racecourse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-longchamp-racecourse-r843fec6f714dc2>)
- [At Père Lathuille](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-pre-lathuille-rced1c6576e0ee2>)
- [At the Café \(Bock Drinkers\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-the-caf-bock-drinkers-raba37f8e29881b>)
- [At the Café](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/at-the-caf-r46b4b987e64e94>)
- [Baudelaire Bareheaded, Full Face](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/baudelaire-bareheaded-full-face-r2b099fbf78760a>)
- [Baudelaire with Hat, in Profile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/baudelaire-with-hat-in-profile-r475ca11c7cc64c>)
- [Baudelaire&#39;s Mistress Reclining](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/baudelaires-mistress-reclining-r86106bcc189f93>)
- [Bench in the Garden at Versailles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/manet-edouard-re54d09e075304b/bench-in-the-garden-at-versailles-r7b633ead9be41a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)