Representative work by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1864–1901 · French

  • Lycée Condorcet

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec became the great image-maker of fin-de-siècle Montmartre, moving between paintings, drawings, posters and illustrated print culture. Performers, dancers, singers, prostitutes and spectators appear not as generic nightlife types but as highly specific personalities.

Painting; drawing; lithography; poster design

Objects

Major Works

  • 1891Moulin Rouge: La Goulue
  • 1892–95At the Moulin Rouge →
  • 1892Aristide Bruant in His Cabaret
  • 1893Jane Avril
  • 1893Divan Japonais
  • 1894Yvette Guilbert
  • 1894The Medical Inspection
  • 1894Salon at the Rue des Moulins
  • 1895May Belfort
  • 1896Alone

Museums & Public Collections

Interviews & Writing