manet conservatory Dimensions (inches):36 x 48" Three female characters

Three female characters

The work illustrates a group of the painter's friends spending some relaxing time at the restaurant Maison Fournaise on the banks of the Seine

an abstract medley of spots

the artist's brother

with a cove beside a cliff right by the beach

manet conservatory Dimensions (inches):36 x 48" Three female charactersThe theme of the painting is the depiction of the painter Jules Guillemet and his elegant wife Jeanne Julie Charlotte Besnier de la Pontonerie, a high middle class couple of the 19th century, owners of a fashion store located during those years on the famous Rue Faubourg Saint Honor, number 19. The painting was created in the "Conservatory," south of the Montmartre district, a place Manet used as his studio for nine months between 1878 and 1879. Manet