Moulin Rouge was also constructed in 1889, epitomising the spirit of progress along with the culturally transgressive cabaret. Japonism, an artistic movement inspired by the Orient, with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as its most brilliant disciple, was also at its height. Montmartre, which, at the heart of an increasingly vast and impersonal Paris, retained a bucolic village atmosphere; festivities and artists mixed, with pleasure and beauty as their values. On 6 October 1889, the Moulin Rouge opened in the Jardin de Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill. Its creator Joseph Oller and his Manager Charles Zidler were formidable businessmen who understood
The Artist at Work one critic, this signifies that his painting has turned to writing. 1. William F. Birdsall. Albert Camus's Jonas, or the Artist at Work: Deciphering a Painting, Solving a Contradiction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275968728_Albert_Camus'_Jonas_or_the_Artist_at_Work_Deciphering_a_Painting_Solving_a_Contradiction. 3. William F. Birdsall. Albert Camus's Jonas, or the Artist at Work: Deciphering a Painting, Solving a Contradiction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275968728_Albert_Camus'_Jonas_or_the_Artist_at_Work_Deciphering_a_Painting_Solving_a_Contradiction. The Artist at Work "The Artist at Work" ("Jonas, ou l'artiste au travail") is a short story by the French writer Albert Camus from "Exile and the Kingdom" ("L'Exil et le royaume"). It has been described as "a satirical commentary on Camus’ personal experience among the Paris intellectual elite of the