The Clown Cha-U-Kao at the Moulin Rouge by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de

(b. 1864, Albi, d. 1901, Château Malromé, Langon)

	The Clown Cha-U-Kao at the Moulin Rouge 1895 Oil on cardboard, 64 x 49 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Lautrec passionately admired Cha-U-Kao, a nude dancer, acrobat and clown, who pretended to be Japanese. he painted numerous pictures of her in all kinds of costumes, instigating various special fancy-dress events at the Moulin Rouge for this purpose.