Edourard Manet’s “A Bar at the Folies-Bergere” could be considered the first Modern Painting due to the fact that Manet’s work conveys a new perspective rather than what art prior to the nineteenth century did. Before modern art most artists told stories of religion or specific scenes until artist like Manet began to create art about people, places, or things that interested them, which is what is seen in “A Bar at the Folies-Bergere.” In addition, Monet’s artwork is revolutionary in the fact that rather than painting someone of