At the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1892–95

Oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago

A painting depicting a night bar scene with people conversing, dominated by blue-green and burnt orange tones. A painting depicting a night bar scene with people conversing, dominated by blue-green and burnt orange tones. Painting, heavy in tones of blue-green and burnt orange, depicting a bar scene at night. The men wear top hats and many are bearded; the women are dressed in voluminous gowns and decorative hats. Five people converse in the center of the composition and a woman with a green face dominates the right foreground. Toulouse-Lautrec's bold use of artificial light and vibrant, contrasting colors captures the electric atmosphere of Parisian nightlife.