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A Bar at the Folies Bergere, 1881-82 by Edouard Manet.
Manet's last major painting. At first glance you see the bored looking barmaid staring off into the distance. Upon closer inspection we can see all the activity of the bar going on in the mirror. Including a patron whose presence is not doing anything to improve her mood - perhaps he caused the mood? Those tangerines just jump out at you, don't they?
Dejeuner sur l'herbe, 1863 by Edouard Manet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
Manet in an attempt to liberate art from the confines of literary and academic subjects by placing contemporary figures outside in the open air. He has become associated with the Impressionists because he began to use the same lighter colors. Notice the similarity between this scene and Tissot's Holiday featured here on October 16, 2020.