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Adolphe Léon Willette
Adolphe Léon Willette

Adolphe Léon Willette

French, 1857 - 1926
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Adolphe Léon Willette was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret.

Willette was born in Châlons-sur-Marne. He studied for four years at the École des Beaux-Arts under Cabanel, training which gave him a unique position among the graphic humorists of France. Whether comedy or tragedy, dainty triviality or political satire, his work is instinct with the profound sincerity of the artist. He set Pierrot upon a lofty pedestal among the imaginary heroes of France, and established Mimi Pinson, frail, lovable, and essentially good-hearted, in the affections of the nation.

The artist was a prolific contributor to the French illustrated press under the pseudonyms "Cemoi", "Pierrot", "Louison", "Bebe", and "Nox", but more often under his own name. He illustrated Melandri's Les Pierrots and Les Giboulles d'avril, Le Courrier français, and published his own Pauvre Pierrot and other works, in which he tells his stories in scenes in the manner of Busch. He decorated several "brasseries artistiques" with wall-paintings, stained glass, &c., notably Le Chat noir and La Palette d'or, and he painted the highly imaginative ceiling for La Cigale music hall.

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Le petit chaperon rouge

Le petit chaperon rouge (1896)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Posters
L’enfant prodigue. Pantomime en 3 Actes de Michel Carré Fils

L’enfant prodigue. Pantomime en 3 Actes de Michel Carré Fils (1891)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Posters
Pauvre Pierrot par Willette

Pauvre Pierrot par Willette (1885 - 1887)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Posters
Address card of the graphic publisher Edmond Sagot

Address card of the graphic publisher Edmond Sagot

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
C’est dans le Rhin, qu’il faut laver votre linge sale mes enfants!

C’est dans le Rhin, qu’il faut laver votre linge sale mes enfants! (1889)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
Pierrot pendu

Pierrot pendu (1894)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
Address card of the Parisian dentist Feindel

Address card of the Parisian dentist Feindel (1897)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
Address card with New Year’s greetings – advertisement for Parisian framer Charles Heriot

Address card with New Year’s greetings – advertisement for Parisian framer Charles Heriot (1897)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
Invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Heriot to the christening of their son Gaston-Adolphe

Invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Heriot to the christening of their son Gaston-Adolphe (1897)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
Title page from the program of the ‘La Roulotte’ theater

Title page from the program of the ‘La Roulotte’ theater (1897)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Illustration
Pierrot

Pierrot

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Drawings
Dessin originel

Dessin originel (1895)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Drawings
Impatience

Impatience (1897)

Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857 - 1926)
Drawings
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