His saucy brush tickles and strokes whatever strikes his eye – and that’s mostly women. A travelling brush, part-Parisian, part-Chinese, borrowed from Toulouse Lautrec, Fragonard and Baudelaire. For thirty years, French painter Hippolyte Romain has been capturing the flutters of the fashion birdcage and dazzling night-time visions. “Femmes Fatales” is the first gallery exhibition of this modern classic in many years.

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November 9th 2004 – January 8th 2005 at the Galerie Arludik
12-14 rue Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile, 75004 Paris