Saturday, April 26, 2014

Le Balcon

Le Balcon, The Balcony by Édouard Manet, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

“Le Balcon” (The Balcony) by Édouard Manet, 1868
Musée d'Orsay
Rue de la Légion d'Honneur
Quartier Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The painting, inspired by The Majas at the balcony by Francisco Goya, was created at the same time and with the same purpose as The Lunch in the workshop. The three characters, who were all friends of Manet, seem to be disconnected from each other: while Berthe Morisot, on the left, looks like a romantic and inaccessible heroine, the young violinist Fanny Claus and the painter Antoine Guillemet seem to display indifference.” (The Balcony, Wikipedia)

See also: Édouard Manet

1 comment:

  1. You're also a fan of painting? I am particularly Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

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