Henri de Toulouse -Lautrec - Jane Avril

Avril, a lifelong girlfriend of the artist, commissioned this pressure to promote her cabaret performance in the Parisian Jardin in 1893. Lautrec's composition is characterized by a radically distorted perspective, a strict neckline, flattened shapes and curved lines - as described by Avril's ruffle costume.

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