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- Miss May Milton is a vivid portrayal of one of Paris's fin-de-siècle café-concert stars, the British-born performer, May Milton.
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May Milton (birth and death dates unknown) was an English dancer, and a subject for artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(1864-1901).
She was the lover of Irish performer May Belfort(c1872–1929)[1], and close friends with dancer Jane Avril 1868-1943.
May Milton danced for only one season in Paris, and thereafter planned to go on a tour to America, for which she commissioned Toulouse-Lautrec to make a poster in 1895. The tour did not happen, for unknown reasons.[2] The poster can be spotted in the painting "The blue room" by Pablo Picasso from 1901.[3] May Milton is seen in the foreground of Toulouse-Lautrec's painting "At the Moulin Rouge"[4]
According to Jane Avril's biographer Jose Shercliff, May Milton traveled to London together with Jane Avril around the year 1895. May Milton was nicknamed "Missaussi" because she and Jane Avril are described as inseparable, and Avril would ask "et Miss aussi?/Could miss also join" when
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May Milton is just one of over 360 posters completed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It was in the style of the Art Nouveau (Modern Art) which was popular between the late 19th to the early 20th century.
The poster was done in 1895 when Art Nouveau was the go-to method due to its simplicity. He used lithograph; a combination of coloured ink crafty done to show various aspects of the drawing. Henri used blue, yellow, black and olive green. The poster was done on a wove paper, which was suitable for such bright colours. Of the many artworks Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec did, in his short artistic career, one thing has stood out; the impressionism. He might not have lived a long life, but his works will show his talents and abilities in generations to come.
May Milton was a dancer of English descent and beautiful in stature. It is believed that Henri saw her when she was on tour in Paris enroute to the United States. The poster was done for her American dance tour, which unfortunate
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Milton in May: Thoughts on Some Early Milton Poems
I picked up a short biography of Milton because as I mentioned the other day, as I began Paradise Lost, I was so struck by how opposite Milton’s writing was to Shakespeare’s. I listened to a biography of Shakespeare last year (Will in the World), and I want to know a little more about Milton’s life and times.
John Milton: A Biography by Neil Forsyth is really good so far. In the introduction, he explains that his task was
“to write a biography of Milton that would excite readers who might be merely curious, and who would like to know why Milton is so widely loved and admired, and even, sometimes detested.”
That’s exactly my purpose in picking it up. It’s about 240 pages, which is a great length, so I won’t have any trouble reading it this month along with my Milton reads. From the introduction, I already have an interesting perspective on Milton’s treatment of women, and since I remember rolling my eyes on my first read of Paradise Lost, I imagine this reread will be similar. More on that issue an
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