Commissioned in 1892 by Edouard Fournier, director of the Divan Japonais, a café-concert hall decked out in fashionable Japanese décor, Toulouse-Lautrec completed one of his most iconic and enduring posters in "Le Divan Japonais". Featuring two of the artist's recurrent characters - the dancer Jane Avril and singer Yvette Guilbert - Lautrec greatly reduced the color spectrum, processing the image through a series of large flat areas of block color. In the foreground, the intensity of the black dress and hat of Jane Avril highlights the brightness of the scene, and draws the eye to Yvette Guilbert singing in the background. Between both the gray silhouette of the cellos and the waving arms of the conductor is a remarkable sense of space forged between the show and the audience. Rendered in the style of Japanese wood-block prints that had effectively taken the Parisian art world by storm in the late nineteenth century, "Le Divan Japonais" is resplendent in empty spaces and characters conjured with an almost calligraphic intensity. The shaping lines, rarely hesitant and always flexible, create a series of rhythmic gestures that seems to pulsate through the scene. Known during his lifetime more for his poster work than for his canvases, Lautrec was a popular figure in the local social scene. As such he was closely acquainted with each figure in the picture, imbuing the work with a familiarity and lack of distance that goes a long way to collapse the boundaries between stage and audience. It is a work of staggering modernity and has a stark ability to represent an imagined era of golden age Paris.
Commissioned in 1892 by Edouard Fournier, director of the Divan Japonais, a café-concert hall decked out in fashionable Japanese décor, Toulouse-Lautrec completed one of his most iconic and enduring posters in “Le Divan Japonais”. Featuring two of the artist’s recurrent characters — the dancer Jane Avril and singer Yvette Guilbert — Lautrec greatly reduced the color spectrum, processing the image through a series of large flat areas of block color. In the foreground, the intensity of the black dress and hat of Jane Avril highlights the brightness of the scene, and draws the eye to Yvette Guilbert singing in the background. Between both the gray silhouette of the cellos and the waving arms of the conductor is a remarkable sense of space forged between the show and the audience. Rendered in the style of Japanese wood-block prints that had effectively taken the Parisian art world by storm in the late nineteenth century, “Le Divan Japonais” is resplendent in empty spaces and characters conjured with an almost calligraphic intensity. The shaping lines, rarely hesitant and always flexible, create a series of rhythmic gestures that seems to pulsate through the scene. Known during his lifetime more for his poster work than for his canvases, Lautrec was a popular figure in the local social scene. As such he was closely acquainted with each figure in the picture, imbuing the work with a familiarity and lack of distance that goes a long way to collapse the boundaries between stage and audience. It is a work of staggering modernity and has a stark ability to represent an imagined era of golden age Paris.
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Canvas Print Framing Options
Gallery Wrapped Canvas
All of our artwork comes gallery wrapped. The image is stretched around the sides and stapled to the
back of the wooden frame. Your piece of art will be ready to hang, and will include an easy-to-use
hanging kit.
Floating Frame
A little “armor for your art” that won‘t obscure the canvas. Your canvas print is
gallery wrapped and mounted to a 2" thick, elegant, black hard wood frame. The art is inset, leaving a
3/8" space between the art and frame, creating the illusion that your art is “floating.”
FRAME OPTIONS
Black & white matte frames have a sleek lacquer finish and are versatile enough to pair with almost any piece of art. Mottled gold & silver frames are hard wood with a textured metallic finish. Silver pairs well with cool colors and dark backgrounds, while gold pairs particularly well with classic art, traditional décor, and warmer colors. Dark wood can look great with rustic, farmhouse, nature and photography prints.
Framed Canvas Framing Options
Gallery Wrapped Canvas
All of our artwork comes gallery wrapped. The image is stretched around the sides and stapled to the
back of the wooden frame. Your piece of art will be ready to hang, and will include an easy-to-use
hanging kit.
Floating Frame
A little “armor for your art” that won‘t obscure the canvas. Your canvas print is
gallery wrapped and mounted to a 2" thick, elegant, black hard wood frame. The art is inset, leaving a
3/8" space between the art and frame, creating the illusion that your art is “floating.”
FRAME OPTIONS
Black & white matte frames have a sleek lacquer finish and are versatile enough to pair with almost any piece of art. Mottled gold & silver frames are hard wood with a textured metallic finish. Silver pairs well with cool colors and dark backgrounds, while gold pairs particularly well with classic art, traditional décor, and warmer colors. Dark wood can look great with rustic, farmhouse, nature and photography prints.
About Framed Art Prints
Fine Art Paper
Presented on heavyweight (300 GSM) fine art paper with a distinct textured surface, using long-lasting ultra-chrome inks. A white border is left around the artwork for self-matting or to draw the eye in further.
Low-Glare Acrylic
Acrylite clear-coat premium glazing reduces glare while maintaining a crystal clear view of your art. Your art will be well protected and easy to clean.
Frame Options
Our Indonesian hardwood frames are handcrafted at iCanvas. Black & white matte frames have a sleek lacquer finish and are versatile enough to pair with almost any piece of art.
Mottled Gold has a textured metallic finish and pairs particularly well with classic art, traditional décor, and warmer colors.
Natural Wood brings the outdoors in and pairs well with watercolors, Scandinavian style artwork, or any natural, earthy subject matter.
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Giclee Printing Process
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The best quality canvas for texture and finish; premium inks for vivid color; hand-stretched over 100% North American pine frames.
Handcrafted
Every item is made-to-order — printed, stretched, and stapled here, at iCanvas.
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