DEGAS, Edgar
(b. 1834, Paris, d. 1917, Paris)

Café Concert at Les Ambassadeurs

1876
Pastel on monotype, 36 x 28 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

Since the 1830s, the opera houses, theatres and vaudeville shows had grown in number and importance in the new Paris. Artists were fascinated by famous cafés among which the Café des Ambassadeurs was one of the oldest that offered musical entertainment.