Fashionable People at Les Ambassadeurs (Aux Ambassadeurs: Gens Chic)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1893 · oil à l'essence over black chalk on wove paper, mounted on cardboard
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About this picture
Fashionable People at Les Ambassadeurs (Aux Ambassadeurs: Gens Chic) is a public-domain drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, dated 1893. Oil à l'essence over black chalk on wove paper, mounted on cardboard. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Fashionable People at Les Ambassadeurs (Aux Ambassadeurs: Gens Chic)” (1893) uses Lautrec’s poster manner: a figure cropped close, a flat patch of color, and the room or the stage only partly shown.
About the artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) painted and printed the nightlife of Montmartre: dancers, cafés, and the Moulin Rouge. The flat color comes from the posters he designed.
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