From Manet’s remarkably early painting of a cyclist in 1871, to cycling café scenes in Paris around 1900.
von Stillfried
City streets grew a lethal mixture of horse-drawn vehicles, trams, buses, and a few motor cars. But above them flew the pioneer aviators.
Manet’s remarkably early painting of a cyclist dates from 1871, but the Impressionists appear to have ignored the new kings of the road.
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