Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901)
Aristide Bruant in his cabaret, circa 1893 I Colour lithograph, brush and spit. H. 133.5; L. 96.6 cm I Bnf, Paris I © Photo Bnf, Dist. Rmn - GP / image Bnf I © Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2019
Gift of the Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec
In 1892, Aristide Bruant...
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901)
Aristide Bruant in his cabaret, circa 1893 I Colour lithograph, brush and spit. H. 133.5; L. 96.6 cm I Bnf, Paris I © Photo Bnf, Dist. Rmn - GP / image Bnf I © Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2019
Gift of the Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec
In 1892, Aristide Bruant, at the height of his career, was invited to Les Ambassadeurs, one of the café-concerts on the Champs-Élysées. Toulouse-Lautrec grabbed the massive silhouette of the three-quarters chansonnier, standing out against a brightly coloured background, wearing his wide-brimmed hat and his emblematic attributes, the red scarf and the stick he uses as a cane.
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