A bar of Foliate Bergère

    A BAR OF FOLIATE BERGÈRE 

Manet was a frequent client of Foliate Bergère. It was the musical bar, coffee-concert, cabaret frequently used by the proletariat, but, due to the experiences that were lived inside, he acquired reputation between the bourgeoisie also. Manet tells it to us in his picture. It is that alone to be fixed in the details, bottles of wine, champagne, liquor of mint for those more beneficiaries and beers for the rest.

 

This night it was of juggling, Manet took charge showing it to us. The feet of an acrobat are seen in full act, in the top left corner of the picture. But the most important thing always was the bar. The clients were imposed on them to have the full glass periodically.

Manet was sick to the moment to paint it so it moved everything what he reminded of Foliate Bergère to his study, bottles of liquor, the waitress Suzon and fruits, this way to reproduce the moment.