Manet made several preparatory sketches at the bar, but the final work was painted in his studio.
This painting is considered to be Edouard Manet’s last major work as it was created just a year before he died of syphilis at 51. Painted in 1882, and exhibited at the annual fine arts exhibition that same year. It shows a scene in a nightclub called Folies-Bergere in Paris. The painting was originally a possession of Emmanuel Chabrier, a close friend of Manet but is now a resident at the Courtauld Gallery in London. Manet made several preparatory sketches at the bar, but the final work was painted in his studio.