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The Bistro
Félix Vallottonc. 1895
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The hustle and bustle of eager customers in a crowded bistro is captured in this painting. One can almost hear the loud chatter and shouts of orders being called to the busy servers behind the countertop. All in jackets, the men by the bar have rosy cheeks and noses, perhaps from the cold outdoors contrasting the warmth of their drinks.
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- Title: The Bistro
- Creator: Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925)
- Date Created: c. 1895
- Physical Dimensions: Unframed: 22.2 x 27 cm (8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Mme. L. Godet-Druet, Paris, France), (Galerie Vallotton, no. 5626, Lausanne, Switzerland), (Galerie Vallotton, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul [1920–2002], New York, NY, August 22, 1969), (Galerie Hopkins & Custot, Paris, France, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley), Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.114
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Artist's signature lower left: F. VALLOTTON
- Fun Fact: Vallotton is sometimes referred to as a "forgotten" master painter, as his work as a printmaker, designer, art critic, novelist, and playwright detracted from his primary passion of painting.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 2020.114
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