At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890
Philadelphia Museum of Art · wikidata.org
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The cabaret had only just opened when this was painted, and he did a whole run of pictures of the place. Someone apparently found writing on the back explaining that the man is teaching a new girl the steps — the dancer went by the nickname 'the Boneless'. The crowd is said to be full of actual regulars, his own father among them.
Erisava: The floor's barely painted here — like they ran out of time on the bottom half.
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All that green everywhere makes the room look a bit unwell.