In the Café

Year	1885
Medium	Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions	45.7 × 60.3 cm
Type	painting

Lungren's Parisian café interior shows a woman in a fashionable hat seated alone at a marble-top table. Painted during his studies in Paris, the work's direct observation of modern social life and its atmospheric handling of the café light show the influence of Degas and Manet.