The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of June 1, 2026
A l'Olympia
c. 1895
(French, 1864–1938)
Image: 22.9 x 15.2 cm (9 x 6 in.)
Location: Not on view
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Eugène Delâtre was the son of renowned master printer Auguste Delâtre, who was credited with starting the etching revival in mid-1800s Paris, and learned the technique from his father.Description
Working in Paris at the end of the 1800s, Eugène Delâtre favored scenes taken from contemporary life. In this print, he depicted the crowd at Olympia, a nightclub opened by the creators of the popular Moulin Rouge and featured ballet and music performances. The image highlights the venue as a site of social mixing, as bourgeois gentlemen appear alongside a performer who resembles the popular performer Jane Avril. Delâtre experimented avidly with etching, often adding color or exploring technical variations such as drypoint, as he used here- {{cite web|title=A l'Olympia|url=false|author=Eugène Delâtre|year=c. 1895|access-date=01 June 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2025.184