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A Woman at the Élysée Montmartre (Femme à l’Élysée Montmartre)
Louis Anquetin (French, 1861–1932)
1888
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 90.5 × 72 cm (35 5/8 × 28 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Lacy Armour Fund, Dellora A. Norris Fund, through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, Josephine and John Louis Fund, purchased with funds provided by of John and Alexandra Nichols
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Anquetin's work focused on modern life, particularly Parisian nightlife. This painting depicts an unescorted woman—unusual at that time—walking through the garden of the Élysée Montmartre, a dance hall in Montmartre. Who she is remains a mystery, but her unusual printed dress and extravagant hat, more theatrical than fashionable, suggest that she might be an off-duty performer.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
