Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic family.
When he was 13, he broke both of his thigh bones. The fractures did not heal right and his legs did not grow anymore, but he became a painter and a lithographer, and his family used their influence to help him get good teachers in Paris.
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At the time,  the Montmartre neighbourhood had become the center of all the great art movements of the 19th century.

Many of the artists who later became world famous worked there:  van Gogh, Matisse, Renoir,  Degas.

The photo is in public domain signed 2004-02-04 http://www.folp.free.fr

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When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to design the posters.

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Montmartre was and still is  famous for its night life, and Toulouse Lautrec loved all the nonsense going on in those bars and clubs.

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Unlike the impressionist artists, he  never did landscapes, but instead drew  the dancers,  poets, addicts, and drinkers, especially the women. For some reason however his art was never thought to be topnotch.

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He was severely alcoholic. Early in his life he became sick. His family had to take care of him, and he died at the age of 36.

Toulouse Lautrec lived from  1864 – until 1901.

See complete lithographs*** by  Toulouse-Lautrec
L’œuvre lithographique complète
http://www.udenap.org/tl/tl_001-020.htm
Université de Napierville, Canada

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*** Lithography:  A printing method. Originally they used a flat piece of stone and   etched it  with an acid to form a surface that would  transfer ink to the paper. Now generally a metal plate is used.

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