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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French:[tuluzlotʁɛk]), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the sometimes decadent affairs of those times.

Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, possibly due to the rare condition pycnodysostosis, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works, which record details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. He is among the painters described as being Post-Impressionists, with Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group.

In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house, La Blanchisseuse, Toulouse-Lautrec's early painting of a young laundress, sold for US$22.4 million, setting a new record for the artist for a price at auction.

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1864 - 1901

 

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born as the son of an aristocratic and wealthy family in the South of France. Encouraged by his fragile health, Toulouse-Lautrec developed a passion for drawing and painting. He received painting and drawing lessons by a professional artist of the time, Rene Princeteau.

At the age of 12 and 14, the young Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs. These injuries never healed properly and stopped the growth of his legs while the rest of his body continued to develop normally. He never managed to cope mentally with this disability.

The young Toulouse-Lautrec went to Paris in 1882 to attend different, conventional painting studios where he met the artists Emil Bernard and Vincent van Gogh. Soon he was more attracted by the Impressionist artists like Edgar Degas than by the conventional painting style and gave up his painting lessons.

Toulouse-Lautrec lived in the Montmartre section, the nightlife quarter of cabarets, cafes, restaurants, sleazy dance halls and brothels. He soon emerged himself into this world and became a part of the bohemian community. In the evenings, he could be seen chatting with friends and drinking, and at the same time drawing sketches on paper. Then the next day,