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Before attempting to anaylse the significance of gender within Edouard Manet¹s work entitled ³A Bar at the Follies-Bergere², one must first identify , and note, the somewhat colorful events which occurred within the artist life, and note the way in which they m ....

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.... this subject must, be founded upon a detailed study of the artists formative years. Such a personal focus as this, allows the particularities found within Manet¹s relationships with women to become apparent, and therefore, in part, aids the understanding of the complex interactionalism found between the characters within his painted scenes. However, it is the actions of the artists youth which many theorists believe is the key to understanding the ambiguous portrayal of woman within his painting of ³A Bar at the Follies-Bergere². It was during the late 1850¹s when Manet was serving as a naval cadet in Rio de Janeiro, that he met a number of ....