The painting is full of staccato brushwork in a plethora of reds, whites and blues of the French flag.
From his second-floor window, Édouard Manet captured the Fête de la Paix (Celebration of Peace), a national holiday declared on June 30 1878 to celebrate the recent Exposition Universelle (the 3rd World's Fair in Paris). The painting is full of staccato brushwork in a plethora of reds, whites and blues of the French flag.