Le Rat Mort
Le Rat Mort ("The Dead Rat") was a popular cafe/restaurant and cabaret in Paris in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Located in the Place Pigalle in the Montmartre District, it was frequented by artists, writers, actors, artist models, and prostitutes, and was a lesbian bar, gathering place for lesbians in the evenings. Paintings and sketches inspired by the cafe and its customers included work by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Toulouse Lautrec, Maxime Dethomas, Auguste Chabaud and Maurice de Vlaminck. 1837–1850s: Origins Le Rat Mort started in 1837 as Cafe Pigalle at 7 Place Pigalle in the Montmartre district of Paris. It was across the street from another Bohemianism, bohemian cafe, the La Nouvelle Athènes, Nouvelle Athenes. Shortly after the newly renovated cafe opened, one of the intellectuals who was a regular at the Nouvelle Athens had an argument with the owner and brought his friends and his business across the street to the Cafe Pigalle. Because the material used ...
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