Beyond the Moulin Rouge: The Life and Legacy of La Goulue

by Will Visconti

Book Overview

Best known by her stage name, La Goulue (the Glutton), Louise Weber was one of the biggest stars of fin de si cle Paris, renowned as a cancan dancer at the Moulin Rouge. The subject of numerous paintings and photographs, she became an iconic figure of modern art. Her life, however, has consistently been misrepresented and reduced to a footnote in the stories of men such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Where most accounts dismiss her rise and fall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813946816
• ISBN13: 9780813946818
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"