GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is an advertisement for Le Divan Japonais, one the many café-concerts that sprung up in the Montmartre quarter of Paris during the second half of the 19th century. A master of poster art, Toulouse-Lautrec developed a modern visual language based on cut-off angles, unusual perspectives, and flat areas of solid color. With posters like this, he contributed to the rise of a veritable celebrity culture surrounding Montmartre’s working-class performers, many of whom were the artist’s close friends. Cutting a bold silhouette in the center is Jane Avril, a star dancer at the Moulin Rouge, presented here as a spectator in the audience. To her right is the art critic and dandy Édouard Dujardin; in the background, Yvette Guilbert sings onstage. Although her face is cropped, she is identifiable thanks to her trademark black gloves and elongated physique.
Excerpt from
Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
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Created 1893
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Place of origin and depicted location: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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Jane Avril
Yvette Guilbert
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- Driehaus Museum, Chicago~Read more about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from this article, Tragedy & Brilliance: The Life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Learn more about the life and work of Toulouse-Lautrec from MOMA.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~Read a biography of Toulouse-Lautrec from the Met.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~Learn more about fin de siecle Paris in the essay The Lure of Montmartre, 1880-1900 from the Met.
- Musee d'Orsay, Paris~Check out this photograph of Yvette Guilbert at the Musee d'Orsay.
- Harvard Art Museums~See several other prints of Yvette Guilbert by Tolouse-Lautrec.
- YouTube~Watch this video from the Courtauld Institute to learn more about Jane Avril and Toulouse Lautrec.
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General Description
This lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is an advertisement for Le Divan Japonais, one the many café-concerts that sprung up in the Montmartre quarter of Paris during the second half of the 19th century. A master of poster art, Toulouse-Lautrec developed a modern visual language based on cut-off angles, unusual perspectives, and flat areas of solid color. With posters like this, he contributed to the rise of a veritable celebrity culture surrounding Montmartre’s working-class performers, many of whom were the artist’s close friends. Cutting a bold silhouette in the center is Jane Avril, a star dancer at the Moulin Rouge, presented here as a spectator in the audience. To her right is the art critic and dandy Édouard Dujardin; in the background, Yvette Guilbert sings onstage. Although her face is cropped, she is identifiable thanks to her trademark black gloves and elongated physique.
Excerpt from
Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Driehaus Museum, Chicago~Read more about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from this article, Tragedy & Brilliance: The Life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Learn more about the life and work of Toulouse-Lautrec from MOMA.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~Read a biography of Toulouse-Lautrec from the Met.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~Learn more about fin de siecle Paris in the essay The Lure of Montmartre, 1880-1900 from the Met.
- Musee d'Orsay, Paris~Check out this photograph of Yvette Guilbert at the Musee d'Orsay.
- Harvard Art Museums~See several other prints of Yvette Guilbert by Tolouse-Lautrec.
- YouTube~Watch this video from the Courtauld Institute to learn more about Jane Avril and Toulouse Lautrec.
Notes
Created 1893
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin and depicted location: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Process/materials
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Jane Avril
Yvette Guilbert
Subject terms
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