Prostitution in Impressionist painting set up pornographically, the implied gaze of a male spectator intrudes on the scene and becomes central to comprehension of the works' content by the viewer." Toulouse Lautrec was known for his famous paintings of prostitutes. He visited the Moulin Rouge and other cabarets in the district of Montmartre in Paris. He began by just sketching the women but then as time progressed, Lautrec started painting them as well. His paintings were more of a documentary of the life of these woman rather than objectifying them. "La Toilette" (1889) depicts a woman, probably a prostitute, sitting on the floor, surrounded
Maigret at the Gai-Moulin Gai-Moulin". It was reissued in 1991 by Harcourt with its current English title. The book was translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. A French TV version of this book aired on 29 August 1981 with Jean Richard playing Maigret. A German language version aired on 24 November 1966 starring Heinz Rühmann as Maigret. Maigret at the Gai-Moulin Maigret at the Gai-Moulin (French: "La Danseuse du Gai-Moulin") is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. Jean Chabot and René Delfrosse plan to hide in the cellar and rob the till at the Liege nightclub, Gai-Moulin. After the nightclub