Aristide Bruant
Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864–1901. Painter, lithographer, poster artist. Born in Albi.
Toulouse-Lautrec moved in the cabaret world of Montmartre and made posters for the Moulin Rouge, the Divan Japonais and Ambassadeurs.
On the Aristide Bruant sheets the name is knocked out of a flat colour block in heavy irregular capitals, with a softer lowercase line underneath.
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- 1892
- Belle Époque
- France
- Script, Display
- Not stated on this proof
- Public-domain scan on Wikimedia Commons
- Commons Ambassadeurs Aristide Bruant (yellow proof)
- Wikimedia Commons
- Public domain
Fonts
Cabaret Lower
Letters from the poster
Full typeface
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History
Aristide Bruant sang at Ambassadeurs and other Montmartre rooms. Lautrec’s poster for him pairs a colour-block silhouette with a short line of brush lowercase.
This scan is a yellow proof state. The lowercase line is the usable lettering: dans, son and cabaret, all in the same ochre brush.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died in 1901. The work is public domain.
Source and rights
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died in 1901. His work entered the public domain on 1 January 1972. The scan is published as public domain on Wikimedia Commons.
Scan from Wikimedia Commons, catalogue record Commons Ambassadeurs Aristide Bruant (yellow proof). Brand names on the poster belong to their owners and are never used as font names.
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