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Vintage Cabaret Poster
This is a reproduction of a famous 1893 Art Nouveau poster titled Jane Avril, created by the French Post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Artwork Details
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
Title: Jane Avril
Date: 1893
Medium: Color lithograph
Style: Art Nouveau
Commission: The print was commissioned by the dancer Jane Avril to advertise her cabaret show at the Jardin de Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec was a close friend of Avril and captured her unique, "birdlike" dancing style.
Composition: The artwork uses a radically skewed perspective and flattened forms, showing Avril performing a high kick, a signature move of the cancan dance. The vertical thrust of a double-bass in the foreground, gripped by an unseen musician, frames the composition. The poster embodies the vibrant, bohemian nightlife of the fin-de-siècle Paris.
Jane Avril
Jane Avril (Jeanne Beaudon) was a renowned cancan dancer and a lifelong friend of the artist. Toulouse-Lautrec depicted her frequently, and his posters helped elevate her celebrity status in the Parisian nightlife scene of the late 19th century.
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This is a reproduction of a famous 1893 Art Nouveau poster titled Jane Avril, created by the French Post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Artwork Details
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
Title: Jane Avril
Date: 1893
Medium: Color lithograph
Style: Art Nouveau
Commission: The print was commissioned by the dancer Jane Avril to advertise her cabaret show at the Jardin de Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec was a close friend of Avril and captured her unique, "birdlike" dancing style.
Composition: The artwork uses a radically skewed perspective and flattened forms, showing Avril performing a high kick, a signature move of the cancan dance. The vertical thrust of a double-bass in the foreground, gripped by an unseen musician, frames the composition. The poster embodies the vibrant, bohemian nightlife of the fin-de-siècle Paris.
Jane Avril
Jane Avril (Jeanne Beaudon) was a renowned cancan dancer and a lifelong friend of the artist. Toulouse-Lautrec depicted her frequently, and his posters helped elevate her celebrity status in the Parisian nightlife scene of the late 19th century.
