Adolphe Willette - Artist Info

About Adolphe Willette

Name variants

Adolphe Illette, Adolphe Leon Wilette
  • Biography

    In addition to being a painter, illustrator and caricaturist, Adolphe Léon Willette was the architect of the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge. He studied for four years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He studied under the tutelage of Alexandre Cabanel, who gave him the opportunity to position himself among the graphic humorists of France.

    He sometimes worked under the pseudonyms "Cemoi", "Pierrot", "Louison", "Bebe" and "Nox", although he was more commonly known under his own name.

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