Jane Avril, Jardin de Paris - Les Maitre de l'Affiche - 1895

Toulouse-Lautrec poster reading Jane Avril [at the music hall] Jardin de Paris. - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French; 1864-1901): Indefatigable sketcher of Parisian night life and lowlife; influenced by Degas and Japanese art; painter and (from about 1893, prodded by Ibels) lithographer; exerted widespread influence (especially on the young Picasso); his world-famous posters, menus and invitations were printed in very small quantities, and originals have long been exceedingly rare.