At the Moulin Rouge
At the Moulin Rouge (French: Au Moulin Rouge) is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It was painted between 1892 and 1895. It is one of a number of works by Toulouse-Lautrec depicting the Moulin Rouge cabaret built in Paris in 1889; the others include At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, and the poster Moulin Rouge: La Goulue. Included in the background is a self-portrait of the artist.
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| Artist | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
| Year | 1892 - 1895 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 123 cm × 140 cm (48 in × 55 in) |
| Location | Art Institute of Chicago |
The painting portrays near its center a group of three men and two women sitting around a table situated on the floor of the cabaret. From right to left, the people at the table include: Édouard Dujardin, dancer La Macarona, photographer Paul Secau, and photographer Maurice Guibert. In the right foreground, apparently sitting at a different table, is a partial profile, with her face lit in a distinctive light, of English dancer May Milton. In the background on the right is Moulin Rouge dancer La Goulue and a woman. The center-left background shows Toulouse-Lautrec himself, as well as Gabriel Tapié de Céleyran.[1]
At the Moulin Rouge is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago as part of the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, where it was first displayed on December 23, 1930. It was exhibited in London in 2011 at the Courtauld Institute of Art.[2]
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- Johnson, Ken (2005-03-18). "Lautrec's Life, High and Low". The New York Times. pp. para. 7. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- "At the Moulin Rouge | The Art Institute of Chicago". www.artic.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- "Toulouse-Lautrec's At the Moulin Rouge". Smarthistory at Khan Academy. Retrieved March 4, 2013.