 Ballerina Anna Pavlova’s Tour of France Vintage Poster printed in 1909. |  Aristide Bruant-the famous performer, nightclub owner, and inventor of the chanson realiste (songs written in the slang of working-class Parisians)-appears in his signature outfit of black velvet jacket, wide brimmed hat, and long red scarf. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893. |  This poster designed by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec is a copy of an earlier poster entitled Ambassadeurs that he designed for the singer Aristide Bruant. Toulouse-Lautrec created four posters for Bruant in 1892. This one advertises Bruant's café-cabaret at the Eldorado on Boulevard de Strasbourg in Paris. Aristide Bruant was a satirical singer who is shown here as a powerful, almost menacing figure. 1892. |
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