Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (died 1925)

Aristide Bruant

French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner (1851–1925)

Aristide Bruant was a French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner. He is best known as the man in the red scarf and black cape featured on certain famous posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. He has also been credited as the creator of the chanson réaliste musical genre.