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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 24 November 1864 - 9 September 1901 (aged 36) France |
Toulouse-Lautrec was born in Albi, France.
Not like Monet's, his parents gave him full support
when they discovered his talents in art.
His early paintings are of horses, family and people around him.
Henri fractured his legs at the age of 14, 15 and his legs ceased to grow.
His disability and other health problems are considered to be due to the unknown genetic disorder sometimes attributed to a family history of inbreeding
as his two grandmothers were first cousins, sisters.
He continued his work in Paris and London
and later he immersed himself in expressing cabarets and prostitutes in his art work.
He is also known as the midget painter in Moulin Rouge movies.
When the cabaret Moulin Rouge opened in Montmartre, Paris,
he was commissioned to produce a series of posters.
The cabaret reserved a seat for him and
he sat there at the corner table and painted, drinking.
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Lautrec moulin rouge, la goulue (poster) 1891
the poster that made him famous
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Lautrec being an alcoholic for most of his adult life,
was institutionalised by his mother and friends when he was 35 and
died from complications due to alcoholism and syphilis the next year.
He used various of techniques in his art works
as he created 737 canvases, 275 watercolours, 363 prints and posters, 5,084 drawings,
some ceramic and stained glass work.
The followings are my favorite Lautrec's work mostly from 1871~1886.
