Belle Époque Entertainer Portraits
May 2026
These objects are lithographic prints and drawings depicting May Belfort and May Milton, popular French cabaret performers from late 19th-century Paris, created primarily through color lithography techniques.
31 objects · 3 institutions
Anna Thibaud, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Divan Japonais
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Emilienne d'Alençon Rehearsing at the Folies-Bergère, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Jeanne Bloch, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Kam-Hill, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Libert, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Marcel Legay, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Mary Hamilton, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
May Belfort
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

May Belfort
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
May Belfort
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

May Milton
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
May Milton
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

Miss May Belfort
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895

Miss May Belfort
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
Miss May Belfort (large plate)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort (large plate)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort (large plate)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort Taking a Bow
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort at the Bar Achille
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort with Long Hair
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Mévisto, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Ouvrard, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Paula Brébion, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Paulus, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Polin, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Portrait of the Singer May Belfort with Loose Hanging Hair
Rijksmuseum
1895
Second Performance: Les Fossiles, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93