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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
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<p><i>A Bar at the Folies-Bergère</i> is a painting by <a href="/facts/%C3%89douard_Manet/DBUNSRLt">Édouard Manet</a>, considered to be his last major work. It was painted in 1882 and exhibited at the <a href="/facts/Paris_Salon/odNgDA1R">Paris Salon</a> of that year. It depicts a scene in the <a href="/facts/Folies_Berg%C3%A8re/lFb7JvWb">Folies Bergère</a> nightclub in Paris. The painting originally belonged to the composer <a href="/facts/Emmanuel_Chabrier/Uw5lXLta">Emmanuel Chabrier</a>, a close friend of Manet, and hung over his piano. It is now in the <a href="/facts/Courtauld_Gallery/SWbqP1hs">Courtauld Gallery</a> in London. </p>