Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Divan Japonais
Le Divan Japonais is an advertisement for a small cabaret in Montmartre which is decorated in a fashionably Asian style. Lautrec shows the dancer Jane Avril and a music and art critic Edouard Dujardin watching a performance by Yvette Guilbert, the famous singer, who is recognizable by her black gloves. All three were friends of the artist. The poster represents a complete summary of Lautrec's artistic interests. Compositionally it is an exact opposite of Edgar Degas' landmark painting The Orchestra of the Opera. Degas' influence is throughout Lautrec's art, but Divan Japonais is a direct borrowing, however, Lautrec looked in Japanese prints: the use of diagonals, color, silhouettes, and the flattening of space.
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