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