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Beer In Art #134: Jean Beraud’s Open-Air Ball

July 3, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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This week’s work of art is by a Russian artist, Jean Béraud, though he lived much of his life in France during the Belle Epoque. Open-air Ball, or Le Bal public, was painted in 1880.

Beraud-open-air-ball

Depicting a typical scene of Paris night life in the 1880s, speculation has the setting being the Closerie des Lilas cafe. People are dancing on the right-hand portion of the painting, but resting with glasses of beer on the left, as shown in a detail of the artwork below.

Beraud-open-air-ball-detail

You can read Béraud’s biography at Wikipedia, and also at the Tate. You can see more of Béraud’s paintings at All Posters and Hoocher.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: France, Russia



Comments

  1. Louie says

    July 5, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    That’s a beautiful painting – great depth. Love the way the beer is rendered, too.

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