Jane Avril
What could she call herself that would be both striking and apt? - She consulted her poet. |
The Queen of Montmartre
"What was the English equivalent of Jeanne?" |
And the Moulin Rouge
Then Jane should be her first name, English in his honour. |
31st May 1868 - 16th January 1943
He smiled and seized her hand and began to chant: "Migonne, voici l'Avril..." - THUS WAS JANE AVRIL BORN.... |
Jane Avril
One of my favourite poses of Jane Avril - What is she thinking about? |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril - Style all the way! |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril as a young girl |
Jane Avril
Interesting pose! Little Bo Peep!
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Jane Avril
"She has the beauty of a fallen angel. She was exotic and excitable!" Sketch by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
Portrait of Jane Avril by Pablo Picasso, Charcoal and pastel on paper, 1901 |
Divan Japonais
1893 Poster (coloured lithograph) by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril - Jardin be Paris
1893 Lithograph (Poster) by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril leaving the Moulin Rouge
1892 Oil on Cardboard by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
1899 Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Mademoiselle Eglantine's Dance Troupe
1896 Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
"La Melinite" by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril Dancing
1892 Oil on Cardboard by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Where's Jane?
Chatting to the lucky chap on the balcony! By Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
By Maurice Biais |
Jane Avril and Toulouse-Lautrec
Jane Avril with her back to us seated, Toulouse-Lautrec walking with his Cousin Gabriel. By Toulouse-Lautrec |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Without a doubt I owed him the fame I enjoyed from that very first moment his poster of me appeared." |
Robert Harborough Sherard
Robert Sherard who collaborated with young Jeanne to come up with the name, "Jane Avril" |
Arsène Houssaye
Doyen of Parisian culture |
Alphonse Allais
Writer, poet, wit, satirist - their friendship lasted until his death. |
May Milton
May shared rooms with Jane Avril on Montmartre's Hill - They were inseparable! By Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril in performance pose |
Jane Avril being admired by Toulouse-Lautrec
Oh, to have seen her dance! |
Jane Avril by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1893 - chalk, brush and spatter lithogram |
Jane Avril's Quadrille
Jane Avril, Eglantine, Cléopatre and Gazelle |
Jane Avril and Oscar Wilde
Jane Avril watching La Goulue all in black with Oscar Wilde sat to her left by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
I love this picture love her expression, love those eyes - what is she thinking about? |
Jane Avril pictured on the left
The Quadrille |
Teodor de Wyzewa
"It was the strangest and most beautiful friendship of my life." |
Jane Avril Looking at a Proof, 1893
Lithograph
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Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec
Wearing Jane Avril's Dress |
Jane Avril in her own dress
Many thanks to Maria Norrman for this sketch of Jane wearing her own dress. |
Jane Avril in the Entrance to the Moulin Rouge, 1892
Pastel on oil on millboard, laid on panal |
Jane Avril
Queen of the Moulin Rouge |
Professor Jean-Martin Charcot
Neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology - Jane would be in his care at The Salpêtrière
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Jane Avril
Edgar Chahine (1874 - 1947) Etching 1907 |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril Dancing circa 1891-1892 by Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril view from behind - 1892 Toulouse-Lautrec |
Jane Avril
A dreamy shot of Jane Avril |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril in performance pose. |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril in a stylish pose. One of the best dressed women of her time. |
Jane Avril
Another shot which was located at the Courtauld Gallery, London. |
Jane Avril
Fashionable pose.
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Jane Avril
Jane Avril in playful pose. |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril dancing at the "Toulouse-Lautrec" ball, 1935. |
Jane Avril
Jane Avril at home, aged 67, shortly before the "Toulouse-Lautrec" ball, 1935. |
Jane Avril in "That Dress"
A stunning photgraph of Jane Avril in the dress immortalised by Toulouse-Lautrec. |
An opportunity to compare
Jane Avril photograph side by side the image created by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
