Folies Gallery

En Pleine Folie at the Folies Bergere

Sketches by Erte for Grands Flueves du Monde (the Great Rivers of the World) in En Pleine Folie at the Folies Bergere, Paris, 1923 (showing the Rhine, the Nile, the Ganges and the Amazon, top to bottom) Date: 1923

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

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Spotlight on five international dancers, 1928

Spotlight on five international dancers, 1928. Nila Nicolaska (top left) who has made a hit in the new Folies Bergere show in Paris, Indian dancer Mara-Mara (top right) entertaining American audiences with dances of her homeland, Jean McGee (Centre) dancing in The Madcap with Mitzi, Russian dancer Maria Fokina (bottom left) appearing on the concert stage and Anna G. Austin (bottom right) appearing as one of Denishawn's dancers. Date: 1928

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

Mrs Lorna Barrison - English equestrienne - Toulouse-Lautrec

Dans les coulisses des Folies-Berg貥s by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) - Mrs Lorna Barrison, an English equestrienne of some fame, with her husband, who was also her manager, at the Folies Bergere. Date: 1896

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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