The Balcony

E255376
oil painting painting

The Balcony is an 1868–69 painting by Édouard Manet that depicts elegantly dressed Parisians on a balcony, exemplifying his modern realist style and innovative use of light and composition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Balcony canonical 3
The Balcony (painting) 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artStyleCharacteristic innovative use of light ⓘ
modern composition ⓘ
strong contrasts between light and shadow ⓘ
basedOn The Majas at the Balcony ⓘ
collection Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
surface form: Musée d'Orsay collection
colorPalette dominant greens whites and blacks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Édouard Manet ⓘ
creatorGender male ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
depicts Ludovic Lepic ⓘ
surface form: Antoine Guillemet

Berthe Morisot ⓘ
Fanny Claus ⓘ
Léon Leenhoff ⓘ
Parisians ⓘ
balcony ⓘ
depictsFashion 19th-century Parisian clothing ⓘ
depictsTimeOfDay daytime ⓘ
describedBySource Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
surface form: Musée d'Orsay catalogue

art historical literature ⓘ
exhibitedAt Paris Salon ⓘ
exhibitionDate 1869 ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
hasInfluenced later Impressionist painters ⓘ
hasPart green balcony railing ⓘ
open window ⓘ
potted plants ⓘ
small dog ⓘ
inception 1868 ⓘ
1869 ⓘ
inspiredBy Francisco Goya ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris ⓘ
locatedInTheCountry France ⓘ
location Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
mainSubject elegantly dressed figures on a balcony ⓘ
movement Impressionism ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
partOf 19th-century French painting ⓘ
setInPeriod Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
significantFor development of modern painting ⓘ
representation of contemporary Parisian life ⓘ
title Le Balcon ⓘ
usesTechnique oil on canvas ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Édouard Manet → notableWork → The Balcony ⓘ
The Balcony (figure in Manet’s painting) → depictedIn → The Balcony ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Balcony (painting)
The Balcony (figure in Manet’s painting) → visualFocusOf → The Balcony ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Balcony (painting)
Ellen Andrée → notableWorkAsModel → The Balcony ⓘ
Pierre Bonnard’s terrace paintings → notableWork → The Balcony ⓘ