La Plume was a French literary and artistic review. It was set up in 1889 by Léon Deschamps

Léon Deschamps

Léon Deschamps was a French novelist and poet, most notable as the founder of the La Plume literary review....

, who edited it for ten years and was succeeded as editor by Karl Boès

Karl Boès

Karl Boès was a French magazine editor, notable as the second editor of La Plume....

 from 1899 to 1914. Its offices were at number 31 rue Bonaparte

Rue Bonaparte

Rue Bonaparte is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was named after Napoleon I on 12 August 1852....

. From its beginning, famous artists such as Willette, Forain, Eugène Grasset

Eugène Grasset

Eugène Samuel Grasset was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design.-Biography:...

, Toulouse-Lautrec, Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis was a French painter and writer, and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art.-Childhood and education:...

, Gauguin, Pissarro, Signac

Signac

Signac is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in south-estern France.-Population:Its inhabitants are called Signacais.-References:*...

, Seurat and Redon contributed to it. One of its most famous issues is that devoted to le Chat noir

Le Chat Noir

Le Chat Noir was a 19th-century cabaret, meaning entertainment house, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris...

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