Adolphe Léon Willette

French · 1857–1926 · Painter, Printmaker

Adolphe Léon Willette was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an… (Wikipedia)

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Plakat: Salle de Capucines 39, BdKetterer Kunst · Oct 2011€375≈ $531≈ £330Sign up to see
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PORTFOLIO OF 10 LITHOGRAPHS, three signed in pencil lower right, each with printed remarqueSloans & Kenyon · Dec 2008$100≈ £67≈ €75Sign up to see

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Adolphe Léon Willette was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an "anti-semitic" candidate in the 9th arrondissement of Paris for the September 1889 legislative elections.

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Born 1857, Châlons-en-ChampagneDied 1926, rue LacroixOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q365874 ↗ULAN 500015711 ↗Museum works 17

Also known as Adolphe L. Willette, Adolphe Leon Willette, Adolphe Willette, Léon Adolphe (Adolphe) Willette, Leon Adolphe Willette, Q365874, Willette

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Adolphe Léon Willette, Chevalerie rustique; L'Amante du Christ; Marié; Les Bouchers — **Chevalerie rustique; L'Amante du Christ; Marié; Les Bouchers**1888 · color lithograph on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Atlas Foundation — Open Acce…

Adolphe Léon Willette, Hanging Clown (Pierrôt pendu) — **Hanging Clown (Pierrôt pendu)**1894 · lithograph on japan paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Col…

Adolphe Léon Willette, Séquestré — **Séquestré**1912 · pen and ink with watercolor on board with a mounted photomechanical illustration
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Nicholas Martin in memory of his…

Adolphe Léon Willette, Hein! Pas très blancs tes dessous... (Hmm! Your Underwear Isn't Very White) — **Hein! Pas très blancs tes dessous... (Hmm! Your Underwear Isn't Very White)**1912 · pen and brown ink with watercolor on board with a mounted photomechanical illustration
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Nicholas Martin in memory of his…

Adolphe Léon Willette, Exposition des oeuvres de Charlet, Galeries Durand-Ruel — **Exposition des oeuvres de Charlet, Galeries Durand-Ruel**1893
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Adolphe Léon Willette, Reclamebiljet: Le Courrier Français illustré dans les kiosques — **Reclamebiljet: Le Courrier Français illustré dans les kiosques**c. 1857 - 1912
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Adolphe Léon Willette, Untitled — **Untitled**1893
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Adolphe Léon Willette, Chant des Girondius — **Chant des Girondius**1915
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Adolphe Léon Willette, Paris Scenes and Murderers — **Paris Scenes and Murderers**1800s · lithograph printed in black and red
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake — Open Access (CC0)

Adolphe Léon Willette, Pierrot — **Pierrot**c. 1892 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection — Open Acc…

Adolphe Léon Willette, Valmy — **Valmy**1899? · lithograph from bound volume containing 50 lithographs, each with a tissue paper guard
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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