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In January 1903, the Moulin Rouge underwent renovation and improvement under the direction of Édouard Niermans, a prominent architect of the Belle Époque era, amongst other works he designed the brasserie Mollard, the Casino de Paris, the Folies Bergère in Paris, the Palace Hôtel in Ostend in Belgium, the rebuilding of the Hôtel du Palais ...
Oct 8, 2020 · In 1903, the Moulin Rouge got a makeover from architect Édouard Niermans, who aimed to update the now 14-year-old venue to attract Paris's most stylish patrons. But 12 years later, in 1915, disaster struck when the building burned down.
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Édouard-Jean Niermans, né le 30 mai 1859 à Enschede et mort le 19 octobre 1928 à Montlaur, Aude, Eduard Johan Niermans en néerlandais, est un célèbre architecte néerlandais de la Belle Époque, naturalisé Français en 1895. Il est le père de l'architecte Jean Niermans (1897-1989).
Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857 in Châlons-sur-Marne – 4 February 1926 in Paris) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret.
Illustrator Adolphe Willette (1857-1926), the man behind anti-Semitic caricatures in France. We generally consider the caricature as a “major figure of anti-Semitic discourse” by focusing on periods during which the hatred against Jews was at a peak.
Architects: Adolphe Willette and Édouard-Jean Niermans; Architectural Style: Belle Époque; Capacity of the main hall: 850 people; Premiere: October 6, 1889; Number of Visitors per Year: 600,000
Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857 – 4 February 1926) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an "anti-semitic" candidate in the 9th arrondisement of Paris for the September 1889 legislative elections.
