Cabaret des Quat'z'Arts, Former entertainment venue on Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre, Paris, France.
Cabaret des Quat'z'Arts at 62 Boulevard de Clichy had three rooms: a café decorated in neo-Gothic style by Henri Pille, a performance hall seating 180, and an entresol dining room. A large stained-glass window adorned the facade, and a Rabelais-inspired sculpture by Paul-François Berthoud stood at the entrance.
François Trombert opened the cabaret in March 1894 on the site of the old Café du Tambourin at 62 Boulevard de Clichy, naming it after the 1893 Bal des Quat'z'Arts. After his death in 1910, Martial Boyer, then Gabriel Montoya, took over. It closed at the outbreak of war in 1914, despite a brief attempt to reopen in 1919.
The name referenced the four arts taught at the École des Beaux-Arts: architecture, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Performers and artists used the space to showcase their work and ideas through shows.
The former building stands near the Moulin Rouge in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. You can see the exterior of this historical location, though the interior is no longer open to visitors.
The cabaret's "Mur" was not a rotating display but a panel on one wall, changed weekly between 1894 and 1905. Its creators called it a journal and meant it to be seen rather than read: drawings, poems and press clippings mounted side by side.
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