William T. Warrener William T. Warrener William Tom Warrener (18611934) was an English painter of portraits, landscapes and figurative subjects. He is best known for being the subject of his friend Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's painting "L'Anglais au Moulin Rouge" (The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge) (1892). He also appears in the background of "Jane Avril dansant" (1892). Born in Lincoln, England, to a coal merchant and magistrate, Warrener studied at the Lincoln School of Art, where he was awarded the Mayor of Lincoln's Gold Medal, and a Queen's Prize in the National Art Examinations at South Kensington, before studying at the Slade School
Moulin Rouge Hotel are numerous: It was during this era that Vester Heath saw the need for an integrated hotel. Will, along with other white investors—Louis Rubin, owner of Chandler's Restaurant in New York City, and Alexander Bisno, who worked in real estate in California—and black boxing great Joe Louis, built and opened the Moulin Rouge at 900 West Bonanza Road. This location placed it in a prime location between the predominantly white area of the Strip and the largely black west side. The complex itself consisted of two "Googie-populuxe" Modernist style stuccoed buildings that housed the hotel, the casino, and a theater.