
Moulin Rouge La Goulue

by Antonios Valamontes
Title
Moulin Rouge La Goulue
Artist
Antonios Valamontes
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Print
Description
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; Digital Restoration Project.
Printer: Affiches Américaines, Charles Lévy (Paris)
Date: 1891
When the brassy dance hall and drinking garden of the Moulin Rouge opened on the boulevard de Clichy in 1889, one of Lautrec's paintings was displayed near the entrance. He himself became a conspicuous fixture of the place and was commissioned to create the six-foot-tall advertisement that launched his poster making career and made him famous overnight. He turned a spotlight on the crowded dance floor of the nightclub and its star performers, the "boneless" acrobat Valentin le Désossé and La Goulue, "the glutton," whose cancan skirts were lifted at the finale of the chahut.
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December 25th, 2019
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