At the Moulin-Rouge, Two Women Walzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - 1892 National Gallery in Prague At the Moulin-Rouge, Two Women Walzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - 1892 National Gallery in Prague

At the Moulin-Rouge, Two Women Walzing

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - November 24, 1864 - September 9, 1901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1892

The painting At the Moulin-Rouge represents specific characters of the Paris nightlife at Montmartre at the end of the 19th century. The clown Cha-U-Kao is one of the women in the dancing couple; the chanson singer Jane Avril is behind her, turning her back to the spectator. Lautrec followed the tradition of French painting depicting social scenes. Unlike the realists, he was not content with the depiction of the scene, he impressed his personal experience in the paintings, identifying himself with people on the edge of society.

P.S. Hope you will have a good evening … maybe with dancing? :)

Or maybe go to a cabaret with Toulouse-Lautrec! See his posters here.