accompanied by the supple valentin le désossé-- valentine the boneless-- she was the undisputed starrouge. the new entertainment complex of stages, dance floors, gardens, bars-- and a plaster elephant acquired from the grounds of the 1889 world's fair. lautrec had first seen and painted the dancers at the moulin de la galette in 1887. he'd also seen something new-- the show theers, the latest craze in pasian entertainments lit from behind, the figures-- cut from zinc-- were operated by a team of stage hands. the poster's silhouettes inspired by the shadow theatre conveyed the modernity of the moulin rouge. lautrec had a fascination with performers off and on stage that drove his art for the rest of his life. the moulin rouge continued to attract him-- he caught the pensive side of the female clown cha-u-ka-o... dancers in the stage lights and their promenading audience... and the casual, commercial encounters in the shadows... in at the moulin rouge, begun in 1892, he depicted himself at its center. la goulue arranges her hair as a lady of the night cruises by. in a world of mirrors

accompanied by the supple valentin le désossé-- valentine the boneless-- she was the undisputed starrouge. the new entertainment complex of stages, dance floors, gardens, bars-- and a plaster elephant acquired from the grounds of the 1889 world's fair. lautrec had first seen and painted the dancers at the moulin de la galette in 1887. he'd also seen something new-- the show theers, the latest craze in pasian entertainments lit from behind, the figures-- cut from zinc-- were operated by a team of stage hands. the poster's silhouettes inspired by the shadow theatre conveyed the modernity of the moulin rouge. lautrec had a fascination with performers off and on stage that drove his art for the rest of his life. the moulin rouge continued to attract him-- he caught the pensive side of the female clown cha-u-ka-o... dancers in the stage lights and their promenading audience... and the casual, commercial encounters in the shadows... in at the moulin rouge, begun in 1892, he depicted himself at its center. la goulue arranges her hair as a lady of the night cruises by. in a world of mirrors