19th Century French Café-Concert Scenes
May 2026
These prints and drawings document the popular café-concert entertainment venues of 19th-century Paris and France, primarily created through lithography to capture performers, audiences, and the vibrant nightlife culture of the era.
98 objects · 4 institutions
A Concert: Laura Devéria Singing
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831
A European Concert. Not allowed to participate in this part, plate 171 from Actualités
Art Institute of Chicago
1867
A Spectator, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
American Singer, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Anna Thibaud, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
At the Ambassadeurs—Singer at the Café-concert, from the sixth album of L'Estampe originale
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1896, printed 1946
At the Opera: Madame Caron in Faust
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Au Concert
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896
Caudieux at the Petit Casino, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Couple at a Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1899
Di ti Fellow, English Singer in a Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1898
Divan Japonais
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Ducarre at the Ambassadeurs, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Edmée Lescot, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Eighth Performance: La Belle au bois rêvant, Mariage d'argent, Ahasvère, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Emilienne d'Alençon Rehearsing at the Folies-Bergère, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Fifth Performance: Mirages, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
First Performance: Le Grappin, l'Affranchie, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Fourth Performance: Le Devoir, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Great Opera Concerts: Ambroise Thomas Attending a Rehearsal of Françoise de Rimini
Art Institute of Chicago
published February 8, 1896
Jane Avril
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Jane Avril
Art Institute of Chicago
1899
Jane Avril, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Jeanne Bloch, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Kam-Hill, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Le Café-concert: Chanteur Americain
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
Le Café-concert: Edmée Lescot
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
Le Café-concert: Mme. Abdala
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
Le Café-concert: Une Spectatrice
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
Le Café-concert: Yvette Guilbert
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
Libert, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Madame Abdala, from "Le Café Concert"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1893
Madame Abdala, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Marcel Legay, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Mary Hamilton
Art Institute of Chicago
1894, published before 1925
Mary Hamilton
Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
Mary Hamilton, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
May Belfort
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
May Belfort
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
May Belfort
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
May Milton
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
May Milton
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
Miss May Belfort
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
Miss May Belfort (large plate)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort (large plate)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort (large plate)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort Taking a Bow
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort at the Bar Achille
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Miss May Belfort with Long Hair
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Mévisto, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Ouvrard, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Paula Brébion, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Paulus, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Polin, from Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Portrait of the Singer May Belfort with Loose Hanging Hair
Rijksmuseum
1895
Portrait of the Singer Yvette Guilbert on Stage
Rijksmuseum
1894
Second Performance: Les Fossiles, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Seventh Performance: Les Tisserands, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Singer at the Café-Concert
Cleveland Museum of Art
1888, printed 1896
Singer at the Café-Concert and The Harvesters (Les Moissonneurs)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1888, printed 1896
Sixth Performance: Boubourouche; Valet de Coeur, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Sketch of a Café-Concert on the Rue Madame
Art Institute of Chicago
1857
Summer Concert
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1895–1900
Sybil Sanderson, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
Text Booklet for Le Café-Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
The Blues Singer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1928
The Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1784
The Last Song
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
The Pleasant Concert
Art Institute of Chicago
1784
Third Performance: A Bas le progrès!, Mademoiselle Julie, Le Ménage Brésile, for Le Théatre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1892–93
Yvette Guilbert
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1894
Yvette Guilbert Intoxicated
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
Yvette Guilbert: Chanson Ancienne
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
Yvette Guilbert: Dans la glu
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
Yvette Guilbert: Saluant le public
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
Yvette Guilbert: Sur la scène
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
Yvette Guilbert: à Ménilmontant, de Bruant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
‘Aux Ambassadeurs’
Rijksmuseum
1894