The Spirit of Montmartre: Cabarets, Humour and the Avant Garde, 1875-1905

The last decades of the 19th-century were a time when Paris' Montmartre district was the centre of Bohemian life. Artists, writers, composers and actors drank, discussed, drank some more and not only managed to pump out their own work but also to collaborate on many other creations - from magazines and posters to theatrical productions. The Van Gogh Museum has put together an exhibition to reflect these heady times with works that are enhanced by the helping hands of the likes of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Georges de Feure, Eugene Bataille and Emile Cohl.