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Jean Béraud (1849-1935?).
Valmy and Léa, about 1885-95.
Brush and brown wash heightened with white gouache; 360 x 517 mm
Collection of Muriel Butkin
[cat. no. 51]
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Jean Béraud
Valmy and Léa
Béraud was one of several artists at the end of the 19th century who favored the café-concert as a subject. In the outdoor café-concerts of Paris, a broad urban audience could enjoy singing and stage routines along with food and drink. In this café-concert scene, Valmy thrusts up his arm in a gesture to the audience, while his partner, Léa, kicks her leg up in the cancan, an exuberant French dance. For this nighttime scene, Béraud made effective use of washes and white gouache heightening in depicting the glowing orbs of artificial light and the hidden stage lights illuminating the performers from below.
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