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Category:	Romantic Art
Name:	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Birth Year:	1864
Death Year:	1901
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec SEARCH NOW: by title by author Find your favorite art: barewalls.com Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, born on November 24, 1864 in Albi, France. From an old aristocratic family, he was the son of Comte Alphonse and Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec. An important postimpressionist painter, illustrator, and lithographer, his works recorded the bohemian lifestyle of Paris at the end of the 19th century. At age twelve Toulouse-Lautrec broke his left leg, and at fourteen his right leg. The bones did not heal properly, and his legs ceased to grow. He reached maturity with a body trunk of normal size but with abnormally short legs. He was only 4 1/2 feet (1.5 meters) tall. Deprived of the physical life that a normal body would have permitted, Toulouse-Lautrec lived completely for his art. He has been called the soul of Montmartre, where he made his home, using Montmartre and other Parisian cabarets and theaters, and even the brothels, as his source his work, memorizing what he saw at these places and the celebrities who frequented them. He died on September 9, 1901, at his estate in Malromé and is buried in Verdelais, France, a few miles from his birthplace. Some of his important works: Alone Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing La Goulue Arriving at the Moulin Rouge with Two Women Justine Dieuhl A Montrouge - Rosa La Rouge Moulin Rouge: La Goulue Rue des Moulins: The Medical Inspection The Toilette The Two Girlfriends Two Half-Naked Women Seen from behind in the Rue des Moulins Brothel Woman Pulling up her Stocking Yvette Guilbert Greeting the Audience [This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.] The Great Books: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books .
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