Art wall "a bar at the folies-bergere" by edouard manet 14x18 gallery wrapped canvas. a bar at the folies-bergère (french: un bar aux folies bergère), painted and exhibited at the paris salon in 1882, was the last major work by french painter édouard manet. it depicts a scene in the folies bergère nightclub in paris. it originally belonged to the composer emmanuel chabrier, who was manet"s neighbor and hung over his piano. the painting exemplifies manet"s commitment to realism in its detailed representation of a contemporary scene. many features have puzzled critics but almost all of them have been shown to have a rationale and the painting has been the subject of numerous popular and scholarly articles.