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Jane Avril

French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his painting (1868-1943) · France · On the map · Died at 74

Jane Avril was a French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and a frequent subject of painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's art. Extremely thin and "given to jerky movements and sudden contortions", she was nicknamed La Mélinite, after an explosive.

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Lived 1868 to 1943 · aged 74