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.
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