{"id":1445,"date":"2021-04-07T11:41:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445///wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445//courtauld.ac.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445//?post_type=collection-hlights&p=1445"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:20:25","slug":"a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere","status":"publish","type":"collection-hlights","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445///wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445//courtauld.ac.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445//highlights/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445//a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445//","title":{"rendered":"A Bar at the Folies-Berg/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n
This celebrated work/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fis/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202f/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u00c9douard Manet/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u2019s last major painting, completed/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fa year/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fbefore he died, and exhibited in 1882 at the Salon (the official annual exhibition of the French Academy of Fine Arts). This would have been a startling painting for Salon visitors in many ways, not least because it seems to follow the traditional format of portraiture but does not name its subject. Indeed, the barmaid appears as just another item in the enticing array on offer in the foreground: wine, champagne, peppermint liqueur and British Bass beer, with its iconic red triangle logo./wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n
The background shows a fashionable crowd mingling on the balcony, entertained by musical and circus acts below. In the top left, a trapeze artist in green boots adds to the excitement. This animated scene is in fact a reflection in the large gold-framed mirror, which/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fprojects it into the viewer/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u2019s/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fown/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fspace./wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n
Opened a decade or so earlier, the Folies-Berg/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u00e8re had rapidly become one of most popular music halls and places of entertainment in Paris. Manet frequented it with friends and made sketches on/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fsite. However, the final work was painted entirely in his studio, where a barmaid named/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fSuzon/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fcame to pose. She is the painting/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u2019s still centre. Her enigmatic expression is unsettling, especially as she appears to be interacting with a male customer/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fwho is shown in the mirror. Ignoring normal perspective, Manet has shifted their reflection to the right. The bottles on the left are similarly misaligned in the mirror. This play of reflections emphasises the disorientating atmosphere of the bustling Folies-Berg/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u00e8re. In/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u202fA Bar at the Folies-Berg/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/u00e8re, Manet created a complex, absorbing composition and one of the iconic paintings of modern life./wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n /wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n/wp-json/wp/v2/collection-hlights/1445/n