Aristide Bruant (from Le Café Concert)
Medium
Brush, crayon, and spatter lithograph printed in black on wove paper; only state
Dimensions
Image: 10 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (26.8 × 21.5 cm) Sheet: 17 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (44 × 32 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.30.3.7
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *Aristide Bruant ( Le Café Concert)*, in 1893, the gritty charisma of one of Paris's most iconic cabaret performers. Bruant, a singer and chansonnier known for his raw, working-class ballads, strides boldly in this brush, crayon, and spatterograph, embodying the bohemian spirit of Montmartre's during the Belle Époque. in stark black on wove paper in a single state, the image measures 10 9/16 × 8 7/16 inches, showcasing Toulouse-Lautrec's mastery of poster art. Toulouse-Lautrec revolutionized lithography, blending fine art techniques like spatter and crayon with comme...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Edward Ancourt|l'Estampe Originale · 1864–1901
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (1864-1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator whose innovative poster designs revolutionized graphic art and advertising in late 19th-century Paris. Born into an aristocratic family at Albi in southern France, Toulouse-Lautrec's privileged lineage traced back to the Counts of Toulouse and extended uninterrupted to th...