This is probably the most famous poster of Toulouse-Lautrec. Despite the fact that this is the artist’s only third work of this kind, the poster is so simple and monumental that it has long been recognized as a masterpiece. Aristide Bryan was one of the most popular cabaret singers, whose glory was always accompanied by the scandal atmosphere.
Bruan respected Lautrec’s painting with great respect. Subsequently, the artist created for the singer three more posters. A sketch was made for the fifth, but Lautrec did not complete this work to the end. The presented poster was categorically not liked by the owner of the cabaret “Ambassador”, where Bryan performed. The owner called the poster “disgusting stain” and refused to post it. However, Bryan himself, with his self-confidence, so accurately portrayed by Lautrec, said that he would not sing until the poster took its place. As a result, the owner of the “Ambassador” had to give in.
Aristide Bruand en Ambassador – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Aristide Bruant dans l’ambassadeur – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
La gulyu in the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Jane Avril (Jane Avril in the Jardin de Paris) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Two friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Count Alfonso de Toulouse-Lautrec governs a team of four horses by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Playbill Japanese sofa by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Jane Avril, a member of the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec