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Conference
Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Anquetin, Van Gogh
artists' conversations on Montmartre hill
Saturday, June 6, 2026Conference presented by Gilles Genty
There are chance encounters that change destinies. The meeting between Louis Anquetin, Émile Bernard, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in the studio of painter Fernand Cormon was one such encounter. Leaving their master's tutelage to strike out on their own, they formed the “Petit Boulevard” (de Clichy) group. This was the neighborhood of café-concerts (Moulin Rouge), cabarets (Le Mirliton de Bruant, Le Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis, Le Divan Japonais de Jehan Sarrazin), and the Fernando circus. They sometimes exhibited in cafés, taking turns painting the establishments they frequented regularly. But above all, a friendly and artistic dialogue developed between them, leading to radical aesthetic changes on both sides. Fascinated by Japanese prints, they dared to invent new formal solutions. With them, the Butte Montmartre was transformed into a veritable laboratory of modern art. This conference invites you to relive this adventure.
Introduction of the speaker
Gilles Genty
Art historian, former Lecturer at the École du Louvre, he has collaborated on or co-curated numerous exhibitions: Maurice Denis (Lyon, Cologne, Liverpool, 1994‑1995), Le Temps des Nabis (Florence and Montreal, 1998), L’Impressionnisme de Corot à Renoir (Brescia, 1998), Les Trois Âges du symbolisme français (Brescia, Budapest, 1999), De Caillebotte à Picasso (Paris, Rotterdam, and Quebec, 2002‑2003), Paul Ranson (Valence, 2004), De Gauguin aux Nabis, le droit de tout oser (Lodève, 2010), Les Univers de Georges Lacombe (1868‑1916) (Versailles, 2012), Redon & Denis, Rêve, Amour et Sacré (Le Cannet, 2013), Peintres graveurs (Bonnard, Vuillard et leurs amis) (Le Cannet, 2014), Les Toulouse-Lautrec affiche la Belle Époque (Montreal, 2016), Paris au temps du Postimpressionnisme, Signac et les Indépendants (Montreal, 2020), Vallotton en noir et en couleur (Le Cannet, 2022), La Belle Époque de l’Art Nouveau (Pully, 2022), Toulouse-Lautrec tête d’affiche (Le Cannet, 2024), Suzanne Valadon, un monde à soi (Metz, Nantes, and Paris, 2024‑2025). He is also co-author of the Catalogue Raisonné de Paul Ranson (1861‑1909) (Somogy, 2000) and Pierre Bonnard, inédits (Cercle d’Art, 2006).