Moulin Rouge Hotel This inspiration comes from the first Afro-American star in France, Josephine Baker. The wall painted of the Moulin Rouge Las Vegas, included many references to Paris and Toulouse-Lautrec. "Black showgirls performed on a stage amid a backdrop of walls featuring mahogany wood trim and Toulouse-Lautrec-style murals of black French cancan dancers. The showroom featured "Tropi-Can-Can" under the tutelage of veteran producer Clarence Robinson." When it opened, the Moulin Rouge was fully integrated top to bottom, from employees to patrons to entertainers. The hotel made the June 20, 1955, cover of "Life" magazine, with a photo of two showgirls. A veritable
The Storm (painting) to the novel "Paul et Virginie", first published by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in 1788, and others to the fourth century romance "Daphnis and Chloe" by the Hellenistic writer Longus. Evidence for the first interpretation comes from the specific motif of the couple running from the rain and covered by a billowing drapery corresponding to a famous and often illustrated scene in "Paul et Virginie": The Storm (painting) The Storm (La Tempête) is a painting by French artist Pierre Auguste Cot, completed in 1880. Currently, on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was commissioned from the artist in