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Conference presented by Laurent Genest, National Lecturer.
In Toulouse-Lautrec's day, the Montmartre district was the heart of Parisian artistic life. At the time, it had the feel of a village with its windmills. Attracted by a popular and cosmopolitan society, attractive rents (and the presence of artists' studios such as the Bateau-Lavoir, created in 1889), many painters came to settle there to work, and also to enjoy the many attractions such as the guinguettes and cabarets such as the famous Chat Noir, Moulin Rouge, Mirliton and Lapin Agile. Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, and Pissarro all frequented Père Tanguy's shop on Rue Clauzel.
