Did Lautrec paint the exterior of the Moulin Rouge himself?

I am working on a scrapbook of our wonderful trip and am looking at the photos of the artwork on the exterior of the Moulin Rouge. It looks like the work of Toulouse Lautrec, but nowhere can I find if he actually painted it or if it was just painted in his style. Can anyone tell me for certain?

Also, in old pictures of the cabaret, the curved Moulin Rouge sign with the little pointed striped top on it does not appear. What is the history of that? I%26#39;m interested in finding out because it looks so much more old fashioned as if it came from an earlier time. Thanks for any info!

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I think it was just painted in the style of that time. But maybe this helps: a picture of the Moulin Rouge exterior in 1926 (TL died in 1901) and in 1994.

http://tomgore.ca/paris/pa_rouge.jpg

And this is the Moulin Rouge around 1900: www.sdmart.org/lautrec/Images/MouRoufs.jpg and bc.edu/bc_org/…paris21.jpg

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Thanks - that%26#39;s so nice of you to send those - I love the old pictures! I guess I should have been more specific. From the sidewalk you have to walk up the aisle to the glass entrance doors to get inside the theatre. On either side of this aisle is where the paintings are. So they are exterior (per se), but not on the face of the building.

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Alphonse Willette painted the exterior of the Moulin Rouge when it opened in 1889.

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Toulouse Lautrec painted plenty of interiors scenes at the Moulin Rouge, but I am pretty sure not the outside.

You may check with this website :

www.toulouselautrec.free.fr/peintures_en.htm

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