Museum of the Lapin Agile
The greatest hoax of the twentieth century
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Museum of the Lapin Agile
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The greatest hoax of the twentieth century
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Of all the stories which make up the folklore of the Lapin Agile, perhaps the most famous is the legend of the painter "Boronali" whose work,exhibited at the annual Salon des Independants in Paris in 1910, earned lavish praise from the leading art critics of the time. The admiration turned into laughter when it became known that the picture "Sunset on the Adriatic sea" had been painted in front of the door of the Lapin Agile, and before an officier of the court, by Frédé's donkey Lolo, to whose tail Dorgelès and Warnod had tied a paint brush | |
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