A Bar at the Folies-Bergere is a painting by Edouard Manet, considered to be his last major work. It was painted in 1882 and exhibited at the Paris Salon that year, depicting a scene in the Folies Bergere nightclub in Paris. The painting originally belonged to the composer Emmanuel Chabrier, a close friend of Manet, who hung it over his piano, and it is now held in the Courtauld Gallery in London.
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1. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Wikipedia)
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is a painting by Édouard Manet, considered to be his last major work. It was painted in 1882 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of that year. It depicts a scene in the Folies Bergere nightclub in Paris. It is now in the Courtauld Gallery in London.
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergere is a painting by Edouard Manet, considered to be his last major work.
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