A Bar at the Folies Bergere by Edouard Manet

by Edouard Manet

Title

A Bar at the Folies Bergere by Edouard Manet

Artist

Edouard Manet

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

**Watermark Not on Final Print**

The Folies-Bergere was the first music hall in Paris. It had a reputation for being a raunchy place. The barmaids were said to be vendors of both drink and love.

Manet frequented the Folies-Bergere and he knew it well. For this painting, he made many preparatory sketches on site. Manet even went so far as to set up the bar and use one of the barmaids (Suzon) as his model.

There are many elements to this picture that puzzle art scholars. The barmaid in particular, although beautiful, has a sad, forlorn look as if she wants to be somewhere else but can't escape her current life. And yet on the right we see the same barmaid reflected in the mirror actively engaged with a customer.

Some other things to note: the people in the background are blurred as if to suggest motion. In the upper left hand corner of the painting we can see acrobat's feet.

Manet was the first serious painter of urban life, so he had no other artists to emulate when he created this bar scene. This picture does exemplify a painting style that latter became known as Realism.

This painting was Manet's last major work. It was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882. Some people consider it to be Manet's best work and one of the finest paintings of its era.

This image of the painting was created by photographing the original picture with a high-definition Leica camera. This guarantees that you get the finest quality possible. The watermark in the lower right hand corner of the picture does not appear on the final print.

Prints are produced on acid-free paper using archival inks to guarantee they last a lifetime without fading or loss of contrast, colour or tone.

If you chose to order a framed print, the framing is done to museum quality with archival matting. The frame is wired and comes with a wall hook. It is ready to hang on the wall.

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