The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861–1934) at the Moulin Rouge
Medium
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
33 3/4 x 26 in. (85.7 x 66 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Accession Number
67.187.108
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant whirl of 1890s Paris with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's *The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1–1934) at the Moulin Rouge* (1892). This on cardboard captures William Tom Warrener, a expatriate and amateur artist, amid the electric atmosphere of the famed Montmartre cabaret. Opened in 1889, the Moulin Rouge epitomized the Belle Époque bohemian nightlife, revelers from all walks of life to its can-can dancers and champagne-fueled spectacles. Lautrec, a Post-Impressionist master of the demimonde, immortalized this world through his insider's gaze, having frequented the venue ...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 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...