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Yvette Guilbert is an art nouveau sketch by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Dated 1893, it is held by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.
Description
[edit | edit source]The artwork depicts Yvette Guilbert, a headline French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque. It is painted using a limited gouache palette on charcoal paper [1] and is an example of Lautrec's interest in the gaudy nightlife of Paris bohemia.
Toulouse-Lautrec and Moulin Rouge
[edit | edit source]Further Reading
[edit | edit source]Beckett, W. and Wright, P. (1994). The Story of Painting. The Essential Guide to the History of Western Art. London: Dorling Kindersley.