Tag: dancer

Au cirque (1899)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Au cirque (At the Circus) 1899 Crayon, pastel, and watercolor on wove paper, 25.1 × 35.6 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Depicted here is a scene from the ballet Papa Chrysantheme performed in 1892 at the…

Étude pour “Le Chahut” (1889)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Étude pour “Le Chahut” (Study for “Le Chahut”) 1889 Oil on canvas, 55.24 x 46.99 cm; with the artist’s frame, 67.63 x 58.42 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Study for Le Chahut is the larger and later of…

Jeanne Duval

(c.1820-c.1862) Jeanne Duval, Jeanne Prosper or Jeanne Lemer Jeanne Duval by Nadar (c.1860). Jeanne Duval in a portrait by Baudelaire (1869). Jeanne Duval by Baudelaire. Jeanne Duval in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Femme à l’éventail 1862 Museum of Fine…

Danse I (1909)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Danse I (Dance I) 1909 Oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

La Goulue

(1866–1929) Louise Weber La Goulue, c.1885. La Goulue, c.1890. La Goulue, c.1895. Press article announcing the death of La Goulue. Grave of Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, creator of the Can-can. Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. La Goulue in Art:…

Jane Avril dansant (c.1892)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril dansant (Jane Avril Dancing) c.1892 Oil on cardboard, 85.5 x 45 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Avril, Jane (1868-1943)

Jane Avril quittant le Moulin Rouge (1893)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril quittant le Moulin Rouge (Jane Avril leaving the Moulin Rouge) 1893 Essence on board, 85.7 x 69.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was fascinated with a rapidly changing Paris as well as those…

Jane Avril

(1868–1943) Jeanne Louise Beaudon “Jane la Folle”, “La Mélinite” Jane Avril in a photo by Paul Sescau (1858-1926), c.1890. The tomb of Jane Avril at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise. Jane Avril in Art: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril…

Ballet à l’Opéra de Paris (1877)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Ballet à l’Opéra de Paris (Ballet at the Paris Opéra) 1877 Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper, 35.2 × 70.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago One of the nineteenth century’s most innovative artists, Edgar Degas often…