Les Chansonniers de Montmarte (Cabaret Singers of Montmartre), 1906
Artwork
Medium:
Giclée (Original in the GVSU Permanent Collection)
Date:
2014
Dimensions:
Artworks -
Height: 17 in
Width: 13.25 in
Description:
Lithographic cover for sheet music. Title and "Artistide Bruant" at top. Profile of a man in black cloak and hat, red scarf.
Historical Context:
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a late 19th-century French painter, printmaker, draftsman, ceramist and illustrator whose artistic themes primarily derived from his involvement in the famed Montmartre district of Paris, a central hub for the Bohemian styles of art, philosophy, literature and theatre of the time. He is considered, along with artists such as Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin; to be one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period.