[1] The magazine was set up in 1889 by Léon Deschamps, who edited it for ten years and was succeeded as editor by Karl Boès from 1899 to 1914.
[1] Its offices were at number 31 rue Bonaparte, Paris.
[2] From its beginning, famous artists such as Willette, Forain, Eugène Grasset, Toulouse-Lautrec, Maurice Denis, Mucha, Gauguin, Pissarro, Félicien Rops, Signac, Seurat, and Redon contributed to it.
One of its most famous issues is that devoted to Le Chat noir.
[3] From 1903, La Plume sponsored weekly poetry events which included famous poets such as Max Jacob and Alfred Jarry.