La Nouvelle Athènes
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The Nouvelle Athènes, or Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, was a café located at 66 Rue Pigalle in the Place Pigalle in the quartier Nouvelle Athènes, Paris, France. It was the setting for many Impressioni
The café as it appeared at the end of the 19th century
Two figures at the Nouvelle Athènes. L'Absinthe (1876), by Degas
Ellen Andrée
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Ellen Andrée was a French actress and model for Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and other artists.
La Nouvelle Athènes
…Gogh and Edgar Degas. In 1874, a few artists met at the cafe to plan the first Impressionism painting exhibition. Degas painted L'Absinthe, modeled by Ellen Andrée, in this place. Another notable denizen was the eccentric composer Erik Satie, who played the piano in the cafe, and was there introduced to a…
Andrée c. 1890
La Parisienne (1874) by Manet
The Actress Ellen Andrée (1879) by Degas
Andrée drinking in the center of Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) by Renoir