Bar at the Folies Bergere

[Ronald Blundell]

Monet’s painting of a bar at the Folies Bergere has puzzled me for some years as the perspective of the reflected image of the barmaid seems incorrect in that it does not line up – what am I missing please?

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[Ronald Blundell]

Today (19/11/21) the Mail on line published an interesting article on this painting and made reference to early Product Placement in the form of two Bass beer bottles and the number of triangles in the painting.

[Ronald Blundell]

Thats interesting and it confirms my own obseravtion. thank you!

[IT Champions]

There is a Courtauld Institute article which touches on the perspective: https://courtauld.ac.uk/highlights/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere/ – see the third paragraph.

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