Did you know,
The Café-Concert
the Café-Concert is an 1879 painting by the French painter Édouard Manet, who often captured café scenes depicting social life at the end of the nineteenth century similar to those depicted in this painting
The setting has been identified as the Brasserie Reichshoffen on the Boulevard Rochechouart.[2] Manet shows us men and women in the new brasseries and cafes of Paris, which presents the viewer with an alternate view of new Parisian life.[3] Manet claimed he was painting “des oeuvres sinceres” or “sincere works”. The women depicted in these scenes were courting certain risks with regards to perception and morality
Did you know,
that the Great Hall (pictured) of New York City's Cunard Building was formerly used as a post office?
... that French Resistance fighter Henri Fertet was executed by occupying German forces during World War II at the age of 16?
... that Israeli supermarket chain Yeinot Bitan purchased its rival, Mega, in 2015, becoming the country's second-largest by number of branches?
... that as a child, Indian archery champion Pravin Jadhav was undernourished and lived in a shack near a drain?
... that the First Baptist Church is Toronto's oldest black institution?
... that the coloratura soprano Julia Bauer played five roles in Der Ring in Minden, including her on-stage portrayal of the Forest Bird in Siegfried?
... that the local medical officer thought it "inconceivable" that the Croydon typhoid outbreak of 1937 was caused by contaminated water?
... that Dua Saleh's debut single "First Take" was recorded in a single take?
the Café-Concert is an 1879 painting by the French painter Édouard Manet, who often captured café scenes depicting social life at the end of the nineteenth century similar to those depicted in this painting
The setting has been identified as the Brasserie Reichshoffen on the Boulevard Rochechouart.[2] Manet shows us men and women in the new brasseries and cafes of Paris, which presents the viewer with an alternate view of new Parisian life.[3] Manet claimed he was painting “des oeuvres sinceres” or “sincere works”. The women depicted in these scenes were courting certain risks with regards to perception and morality
Did you know,
that the Great Hall (pictured) of New York City's Cunard Building was formerly used as a post office?
... that French Resistance fighter Henri Fertet was executed by occupying German forces during World War II at the age of 16?
... that Israeli supermarket chain Yeinot Bitan purchased its rival, Mega, in 2015, becoming the country's second-largest by number of branches?
... that as a child, Indian archery champion Pravin Jadhav was undernourished and lived in a shack near a drain?
... that the First Baptist Church is Toronto's oldest black institution?
... that the coloratura soprano Julia Bauer played five roles in Der Ring in Minden, including her on-stage portrayal of the Forest Bird in Siegfried?
... that the local medical officer thought it "inconceivable" that the Croydon typhoid outbreak of 1937 was caused by contaminated water?
... that Dua Saleh's debut single "First Take" was recorded in a single take?
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