ADOLPHE WILLETTE

Adolphe Willette was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist and lithographer from the 1870s to the 1920s. He was also an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette studied for four years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and his work ranged from dainty triviality or political satire. He passed away in 1926 at the age of 69.