Jane Avril, was a French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his paintings. She was born Jeanne Beaudon in the Belleville section of Paris, France. Her abusive father abandoned the family and her alcoholic mother brutally and frequently beat young Jeanne until she finally ran away from home. Caught by the authorities, the frightened and combative girl was deemed insane and committed to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. Wikipedia
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Jane Avril was a famous singer and dancer in Paris during the turn-of-the-century. Artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec made her famous by painting her in this pose and costume for a poster advertising the "Moulin Rouge" nightclub. She is completely sculpted i www.arleyberryhill.com/id37.htm
