ARTISTS
Stepping out in Montmartre: Prints of Cafés and Theatres
Feb 11, 2011 - Jun 05, 2011
The district of Montmartre in Paris was a centre of artistic innovation at the end of the nineteenth century. Van Gogh lived there from 1886 to 1888 and aligned himself with the avant-garde. Toulouse-Lautrec and Steinlen made their famous illustrations and posters there in the 1890s, and when Picasso arrived in Paris in 1900, Montmartre was just the place to be if you were an artist.
The feel of the modern city
In addition to entertainment, the bustling nightlife, with all the cafés, theatres, dance halls and brothels, afforded a wide range of subjects for artists interested in capturing the feel of the modern city.
The advent of colour lithography stimulated an unprecedented production of posters and other publicity material by avant-garde artists. They also made illustrations for magazines and sheet music, and designs for theatre decors and shadow plays.
Impression of the flourishing artistic climate
The exhibition Stepping out in Montmartre: Prints of cafés and theatres gives an impression of this flourishing artistic climate. Posters, prints and theatre programmes by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen and Henri-Gabriel Ibels, among others, show how the artists who inspired Picasso portrayed nightlife in the artists’ district. Several of the works Vincent van Gogh made in Montmartre are also on view.
Lecture on Sunday
1 May: Het Montmartre van de kunstenaars (The Montmartre of the artists) in Dutch by Nienke Bakker (curator of exhibitions, Van Gogh Museum).
The feel of the modern city
In addition to entertainment, the bustling nightlife, with all the cafés, theatres, dance halls and brothels, afforded a wide range of subjects for artists interested in capturing the feel of the modern city.
The advent of colour lithography stimulated an unprecedented production of posters and other publicity material by avant-garde artists. They also made illustrations for magazines and sheet music, and designs for theatre decors and shadow plays.
Impression of the flourishing artistic climate
The exhibition Stepping out in Montmartre: Prints of cafés and theatres gives an impression of this flourishing artistic climate. Posters, prints and theatre programmes by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen and Henri-Gabriel Ibels, among others, show how the artists who inspired Picasso portrayed nightlife in the artists’ district. Several of the works Vincent van Gogh made in Montmartre are also on view.
Lecture on Sunday
1 May: Het Montmartre van de kunstenaars (The Montmartre of the artists) in Dutch by Nienke Bakker (curator of exhibitions, Van Gogh Museum).
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The district of Montmartre in Paris was a centre of artistic innovation at the end of the nineteenth century. Van Gogh lived there from 1886 to 1888 and aligned himself with the avant-garde. Toulouse-Lautrec and Steinlen made their famous illustrations and posters there in the 1890s, and when Picasso arrived in Paris in 1900, Montmartre was just the place to be if you were an artist.
The feel of the modern city
In addition to entertainment, the bustling nightlife, with all the cafés, theatres, dance halls and brothels, afforded a wide range of subjects for artists interested in capturing the feel of the modern city.
The advent of colour lithography stimulated an unprecedented production of posters and other publicity material by avant-garde artists. They also made illustrations for magazines and sheet music, and designs for theatre decors and shadow plays.
Impression of the flourishing artistic climate
The exhibition Stepping out in Montmartre: Prints of cafés and theatres gives an impression of this flourishing artistic climate. Posters, prints and theatre programmes by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen and Henri-Gabriel Ibels, among others, show how the artists who inspired Picasso portrayed nightlife in the artists’ district. Several of the works Vincent van Gogh made in Montmartre are also on view.
Lecture on Sunday
1 May: Het Montmartre van de kunstenaars (The Montmartre of the artists) in Dutch by Nienke Bakker (curator of exhibitions, Van Gogh Museum).
The feel of the modern city
In addition to entertainment, the bustling nightlife, with all the cafés, theatres, dance halls and brothels, afforded a wide range of subjects for artists interested in capturing the feel of the modern city.
The advent of colour lithography stimulated an unprecedented production of posters and other publicity material by avant-garde artists. They also made illustrations for magazines and sheet music, and designs for theatre decors and shadow plays.
Impression of the flourishing artistic climate
The exhibition Stepping out in Montmartre: Prints of cafés and theatres gives an impression of this flourishing artistic climate. Posters, prints and theatre programmes by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen and Henri-Gabriel Ibels, among others, show how the artists who inspired Picasso portrayed nightlife in the artists’ district. Several of the works Vincent van Gogh made in Montmartre are also on view.
Lecture on Sunday
1 May: Het Montmartre van de kunstenaars (The Montmartre of the artists) in Dutch by Nienke Bakker (curator of exhibitions, Van Gogh Museum).
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