Édouard Manet, his illness progressing at an…
May 1882 CE
Édouard Manet, his illness progressing at an alarming pace, goes to stay for the summer in a villa at Rueil.
He takes part in an important exhibition of French art that is held in London at Burlington House, and at the Salon he shows The Bar at the Folies-Bergére (1882, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London (Courtauld Collection) and Spring: Jeanne.
The former is a daring composition that intensifies the exchange of glances between the image of the barmaid and the customer before her, allowing the viewer to stand in the customer's place.
Radical in its obliteration of the boundary between the viewer and what is viewed, The Bar is Manet's last great contribution to the modern vision of painting.
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Édouard Manet A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère), (1881-1882) oil on canvas, 96 × 130 cm (37.8 × 51.2 in), Courtauld Institute of Art
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