A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Un bar aux Folies Bergère), painted and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882, was the last major work by Édouard Manet. It depicts a scene in a Paris nightclub. Its subject matter has proved controversial – it has been suggested that the subject is a prostitute – and the use of reflection and perspective have puzzled critics.

Edouard Manet (1832–1883), A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, oil on canvas, 170,6 x 134,1 cm, 1882; source: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London, image id: 158251, http://www.courtauldimages.com/image_details.php?image_id=158251.