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03-12-2014, 09:14
Visit the Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog site (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/)
[/URL] (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_a_bar_at_the_folies-bergere/) (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_-_at_the_cafe_/) (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_-_buveuse_de_bocks/) (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/manet_edouard_-_la_serveuse_de_bocks_the_waitress_1879/) http://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Édouard_Manet_French_-_Le_Bon_Bock_detail-150x150.jpg (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_french_-_le_bon_bock_/) Artist [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet"]Édouard Manet (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/g-_darre_-_edouard_manet_-_le_bon_bock/) (1832-1883), a pioneer of impressionism, liked to paint Parisian street scenes, bars and cafés, and had a particular knack for capturing the look of light glinting from a cool glass of golden beer.
The frequency with which he depicted women drinking beer — positively chugging it — is also striking.
The gallery begins with a painting much over-used in books and articles about beer but which we couldn’t ignore. We’ve also pulled out a couple of interesting details for closer attention.
We referred to these pictures a lot while working on*Gambrinus Waltz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gambrinus-Waltz-German-Victorian-Edwardian-ebook/dp/B00PIJUH1A) —*it might have been the wrong city, but lager came to London via Paris, and the atmosphere of London’s lager beer saloons was similarly racy.
All of these images were taken from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)*and are in the public domain.
GALLERY: Manet Paints Beer (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/) from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Over-thinking beer, pubs and the meaning of craft since 2007 (http://boakandbailey.com)
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[/URL] (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_a_bar_at_the_folies-bergere/) (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_-_at_the_cafe_/) (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_-_buveuse_de_bocks/) (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/manet_edouard_-_la_serveuse_de_bocks_the_waitress_1879/) http://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Édouard_Manet_French_-_Le_Bon_Bock_detail-150x150.jpg (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/edouard_manet_french_-_le_bon_bock_/) Artist [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet"]Édouard Manet (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/g-_darre_-_edouard_manet_-_le_bon_bock/) (1832-1883), a pioneer of impressionism, liked to paint Parisian street scenes, bars and cafés, and had a particular knack for capturing the look of light glinting from a cool glass of golden beer.
The frequency with which he depicted women drinking beer — positively chugging it — is also striking.
The gallery begins with a painting much over-used in books and articles about beer but which we couldn’t ignore. We’ve also pulled out a couple of interesting details for closer attention.
We referred to these pictures a lot while working on*Gambrinus Waltz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gambrinus-Waltz-German-Victorian-Edwardian-ebook/dp/B00PIJUH1A) —*it might have been the wrong city, but lager came to London via Paris, and the atmosphere of London’s lager beer saloons was similarly racy.
All of these images were taken from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)*and are in the public domain.
GALLERY: Manet Paints Beer (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/) from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Over-thinking beer, pubs and the meaning of craft since 2007 (http://boakandbailey.com)
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/12/gallery-manet-paints-beer/)