The Bar

[[File:Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.jpg|thumb|A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882) by Édouard Manet.]]The Bar is a 1954 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The subject of the painting directly references Édouard Manet's 1882 work A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. It depicts a barmaid working in an Australian pub at the time of the "six o'clock swill". As in Manet's work, the patrons of the bar are shown in a reflection behind the barmaid. The work is considered a companion piece to Brack's 1955 work Collins St., 5 pm.