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| birth_name = Henry Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa | birth_name = Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa
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| resting_place = Cimetière de Verdelais | resting_place = Cimetière de Verdelais
| field = Painting, printmaking, drawing, draughting, illustration | field = Painting, printmaking, drawing, draughting, illustration
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'''] Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa''' (24 November 1864&nbsp;– 9 September 1901), known as '''Toulouse Lautrec''' ({{IPA-fr|tuluz lotʁɛk|lang}}), 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. '''] Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa''' (24 November 1864&nbsp;– 9 September 1901), known as '''Toulouse-Lautrec''' ({{IPA|fr|tuluz lotʁɛk|lang}}), 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, due to the rare condition ], was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to his alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works recording many details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. He is among the painters described as being ], with ], ], ] and ] also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group. Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, possibly due to the rare condition ], 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 ], with ], ], ], and ] also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group.


In a 2005 auction at ] auction house, '']'', Toulouse-Lautrec's early painting of a young laundress, sold for US$22.4&nbsp;million, setting a new record for the artist for a price at auction.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berwick |first=Carly |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/toulouse-lautrec-drives-big-night-at-christies/22410/ |title=Toulouse-Lautrec Drives Big Night at Christie's |publisher=Nysun.com |date=2 November 2005 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> In a 2005 auction at ] auction house, '']'', Toulouse-Lautrec's early painting of a young laundress, sold for US$22.4&nbsp;million, setting a new record for the artist for a price at auction.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berwick |first=Carly |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/toulouse-lautrec-drives-big-night-at-christies/22410/ |title=Toulouse-Lautrec Drives Big Night at Christie's |publisher=Nysun.com |date=2 November 2005 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life==
Henri<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-22|title=Toulouse-Lautrec: The art of bacchanalia|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/toulouse-lautrec-the-art-of-bacchanalia-423646.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec Monfa was born at the Château du Bosc, Camjac, Aveyron in the south of France, the firstborn child of ] (1838–1913)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/count-alphonse-charles-de-toulouse-lautrec-monfa-1838-1913-news-photo/113625662|title=Count Alphonse Charles de Toulouse Lautrec Monfa 1838–1913 Father of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec|date=4 May 2011 |publisher=gettyimages.co.uk}}</ref> and Adèle Zoë Tapié de Celeyran (1841–1930).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genealogie87.fr/pages/genealogie-monographie-familiale-qui-ont-marque-l-histoire/toulouse-lautrec.html |title=Histoire et généalogie de la famille de Toulouse-Lautrec Montfa et de ses alliances |publisher=genealogie87.fr|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> He was a member of an aristocratic family (descended from both the ] and ] and the ]s of ], in southern France). His younger brother was born in 1867 but died the following year. Both sons enjoyed the ] of '']''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=C. |first1=Ives |title=Toulouse-Lautrec in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |year=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0k6xtdWZkXIC&q=toulouse+lautrec+henri+comte&pg=PA61 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996 |isbn=9780870998041 |access-date=17 September 2019 |quote=Comte Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901}}</ref> If Henri had outlived his father, he would have been accorded the family ] of ''] de Toulouse-Lautrec''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bellet |first1=H. |title=Toulouse-Lautrec gallery at the Palais de Berbie - review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/24/toulouse-lautrec-gallery-reopening-review |access-date=17 September 2019 |work=UK Guardian|date=24 April 2012 |quote=From his father he would have inherited the title of Count of Toulouse-Lautrec.}}</ref> Henri<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-22|title=Toulouse-Lautrec: The art of bacchanalia|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/toulouse-lautrec-the-art-of-bacchanalia-423646.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born at the Château du Bosc, Camjac, Aveyron, in the south of France, the firstborn child of ] (1838–1913)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/count-alphonse-charles-de-toulouse-lautrec-monfa-1838-1913-news-photo/113625662|title=Count Alphonse Charles de Toulouse Lautrec Monfa 1838–1913 Father of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec|date=4 May 2011 |publisher=gettyimages.co.uk}}</ref> and Adèle Zoë Tapié de Celeyran (1841–1930).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genealogie87.fr/pages/genealogie-monographie-familiale-qui-ont-marque-l-histoire/toulouse-lautrec.html |title=Histoire et généalogie de la famille de Toulouse-Lautrec Montfa et de ses alliances |publisher=genealogie87.fr |access-date=17 February 2015 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927210714/http://www.genealogie87.fr/pages/genealogie-monographie-familiale-qui-ont-marque-l-histoire/toulouse-lautrec.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a member of an aristocratic family (descended from both the ] and ], as well as the ]s of ]). His younger brother was born in 1867 but died the following year. Both sons enjoyed the ] of '']''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=C. |first1=Ives |title=Toulouse-Lautrec in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |year=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0k6xtdWZkXIC&q=toulouse+lautrec+henri+comte&pg=PA61 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996 |isbn=9780870998041 |access-date=17 September 2019 |quote=Comte Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901}}</ref> If Toulouse-Lautrec had outlived his father, he would have inherited the family ] of ''] de Toulouse-Lautrec''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bellet |first1=H. |title=Toulouse-Lautrec gallery at the Palais de Berbie - review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/24/toulouse-lautrec-gallery-reopening-review |access-date=17 September 2019 |work=UK Guardian|date=24 April 2012 |quote=From his father he would have inherited the title of Count of Toulouse-Lautrec.}}</ref>


After the death of his brother, Toulouse-Lautrec's parents separated and a nanny cared for him.<ref name=TL-Book1>Author Unknown, "Toulouse-Lautrec" – published Grange Books. {{ISBN|1-84013-658-8}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134137/http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Toulouse_Lautrec/1840136588/ |date=2 February 2014 }}</ref> At the age of eight, Toulouse-Lautrec lived with his mother in Paris, where he drew sketches and caricatures in his exercise workbooks. A friend of his father, ], sometimes visited to give informal lessons. Some of Toulouse-Lautrec's early paintings are of horses, a speciality of Princeteau, and a subject Lautrec revisited in his "Circus Paintings".<ref name=TL-Book1/><ref>ArT Blog: Toulouse-Lautrec at the Circus: The "Horse and Performer" Drawings {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728053558/http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart14/archives/2004/12/horse_and_rider.html |date=28 July 2009}}</ref> After the death of his brother, Toulouse-Lautrec's parents separated, and a nanny cared for him.<ref name=TL-Book1>Author Unknown, "Toulouse-Lautrec" – published Grange Books. {{ISBN|1-84013-658-8}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134137/http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Toulouse_Lautrec/1840136588/ |date=2 February 2014 }}</ref> At the age of eight, Toulouse-Lautrec lived with his mother in Paris, where he drew sketches and caricatures in his exercise workbooks. A friend of his father, ], sometimes visited to give informal lessons. Some of Toulouse-Lautrec's early paintings are of horses, a speciality of Princeteau's and a subject Toulouse-Lautrec later revisited in his "Circus Paintings".<ref name=TL-Book1/><ref>ArT Blog: Toulouse-Lautrec at the Circus: The "Horse and Performer" Drawings {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728053558/http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart14/archives/2004/12/horse_and_rider.html |date=28 July 2009}}</ref>


In 1875, Toulouse-Lautrec returned to Albi because his mother had concerns about his health. He took thermal baths at ], and his mother consulted doctors in the hope of finding a way to improve her son's growth and development.<ref name=TL-Book1/> In 1875, Toulouse-Lautrec returned to Albi because his mother had concerns about his health. He took thermal baths at ], and his mother consulted doctors in the hope of finding a way to improve her son's growth and development.<ref name=TL-Book1/>
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===Disability and health problems=== ===Disability and health problems===
]]] ]]]
Toulouse-Lautrec's parents were ] (their mothers were sisters),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=David |date=2013-11-25 |title=The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks: Toulouse-Lautrec: family trees and networks |url=https://phylonetworks.blogspot.com/2013/11/toulouse-lautrec-family-trees-and.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks}}</ref> and his ] were attributed to a family history of ].<ref>Toulouse-Lautrec, H., Natanson, T., & Frankfurter, A. M. (1950). ''Toulouse-Lautrec: the man''. N.p. p. 120. {{OCLC|38609256}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's parents were ] (their mothers were sisters),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=David |date=2013-11-25 |title=The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks: Toulouse-Lautrec: family trees and networks |url=https://phylonetworks.blogspot.com/2013/11/toulouse-lautrec-family-trees-and.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks}}</ref> and his ] have often been attributed to a family history of ].<ref>Toulouse-Lautrec, H., Natanson, T., & Frankfurter, A. M. (1950). ''Toulouse-Lautrec: The Man''. N.p. p. 120. {{OCLC|38609256}}</ref>


At the age of 13, Toulouse-Lautrec fractured his right ], and at age 14, he fractured his left femur.<ref name="TheTimes">{{cite web |title = Why Lautrec was a giant |work=The Times |location=UK |date = 10 December 2006 |url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article662158.ece |access-date =8 December 2007 }}</ref> The breaks did not heal properly. Modern physicians attribute this to an unknown ], possibly ] (sometimes known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome),<ref name="Valdes-Socin 2021">{{cite journal |last=Valdes-Socin |first=H. |title=The syndrome of Toulouse-Lautrec |journal=Journal of Endocrinological Investigation |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |date=2021-01-09 |volume=44 |issue=9 |pages=2013–2014 |issn=1720-8386 |doi=10.1007/s40618-020-01490-4 |pmid=33423220 |s2cid=231576363 |oclc=8875586623}}</ref><ref name="Angier">{{cite news| first = Natalie | last = Angier |title = What Ailed Toulouse-Lautrec? Scientists Zero in on a Key Gene |newspaper=The New York Times |date = 6 June 1995 |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D61338F935A35755C0A963958260 |access-date =8 December 2007}}</ref> or a variant disorder along the lines of ], ], or ].<ref>{{cite news |title = Noble figure |newspaper=The Guardian |location=UK |date = 20 November 2004 | url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,1355241,00.html |access-date =8 December 2007}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's legs ceased to grow when he reached {{convert|5|ft|0|in|abbr=on|order=flip|disp=or}}.<ref>Harris, Nathaniel (1989). ''The Art of Toulouse-Lautrec''. New York: Gallery Books. p. 27. {{OCLC|1193360125}}.</ref> He developed an adult torso while retaining his child-sized legs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ameanet.org/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec |title="Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec". AMEA – World Museum of Erotic Art |publisher=Ameanet.org |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=12 August 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172040/http://ameanet.org/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the age of 13, Toulouse-Lautrec fractured his right ], and at age 14, he fractured his left femur.<ref name="TheTimes">{{cite web |title = Why Lautrec was a giant |work=The Times |location=UK |date = 10 December 2006 |url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article662158.ece |access-date =8 December 2007 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The breaks did not heal properly. Modern physicians attribute this to an unknown ], possibly ] (sometimes known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome),<ref name="Valdes-Socin 2021">{{cite journal |last=Valdes-Socin |first=H. |title=The syndrome of Toulouse-Lautrec |journal=Journal of Endocrinological Investigation |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |date=2021-01-09 |volume=44 |issue=9 |pages=2013–2014 |issn=1720-8386 |doi=10.1007/s40618-020-01490-4 |pmid=33423220 |s2cid=231576363 |oclc=8875586623}}</ref><ref name="Angier">{{cite news| first = Natalie | last = Angier |title = What Ailed Toulouse-Lautrec? Scientists Zero in on a Key Gene |newspaper=The New York Times |date = 6 June 1995 |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D61338F935A35755C0A963958260 |access-date =8 December 2007}}</ref> or a variant disorder along the lines of ], ], or ].<ref>{{cite news |title = Noble figure |newspaper=The Guardian |location=UK |date = 20 November 2004 | url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,1355241,00.html |access-date =8 December 2007}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's legs ceased to grow when he reached {{convert|5|ft|0|in|abbr=on|order=flip|disp=or}}.<ref>Harris, Nathaniel (1989). ''The Art of Toulouse-Lautrec''. New York: Gallery Books. p. 27. {{OCLC|1193360125}}.</ref> He developed an adult torso while retaining his child-sized legs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ameanet.org/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec |title="Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec". AMEA – World Museum of Erotic Art |publisher=Ameanet.org |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=12 August 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172040/http://ameanet.org/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Paris== ==Paris==
]'', 1882–1887, ], probably painted while a student of Fernand Cormon, demonstrating his classical training<ref>{{cite web |title=The Marble Polisher (1992-16) |url=http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/33681 |website=Princeton University Art Museum |publisher=Princeton University}}</ref>]] ], probably painted while a student of Fernand Cormon, demonstrating his classical training<ref>{{cite web |title=The Marble Polisher (1992-16) |url=http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/33681 |website=Princeton University Art Museum |publisher=Princeton University}}</ref>]]


During a stay in ], his progress in painting and drawing impressed Princeteau, who persuaded Toulouse-Lautrec's parents to allow him to return to Paris and study under the portrait painter ]. He returned to Paris in 1882.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/laut/hd_laut.htm |title=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's mother had high ambitions and, with the aim of her son becoming a fashionable and respected painter, used their family's influence to gain him entry to Bonnat's studio.<ref name="TL-Book1" /> He was drawn to ], the area of Paris known for its bohemian lifestyle and the haunt of artists, writers, and philosophers. Studying with Bonnat placed Toulouse-Lautrec in the heart of Montmartre, an area he rarely left over the next 20 years. During a stay in ], his progress in painting and drawing impressed Princeteau, who persuaded Toulouse-Lautrec's parents to allow him to return to Paris and study under the portrait painter ]. He returned to Paris in 1882.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/laut/hd_laut.htm |title=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's mother had high ambitions and, with the aim of her son becoming a fashionable and respected painter, used their family's influence to gain him entry to Bonnat's studio.<ref name="TL-Book1" /> He was drawn to ], the area of Paris known for its bohemian lifestyle and the haunt of artists, writers, and philosophers. Studying with Bonnat placed Toulouse-Lautrec in the heart of Montmartre, an area he rarely left over the next 20 years.
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After Bonnat took a new job, Toulouse-Lautrec moved to the studio of ] in 1882 and studied for a further five years and established the group of friends he kept for the rest of his life. At this time, he met ] and ]. Cormon, whose instruction was more relaxed than Bonnat's, allowed his pupils to roam Paris, looking for subjects to paint. During this period, Toulouse-Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (reputedly sponsored by his friends), which led him to paint his first painting of a prostitute in ], a woman rumoured to be Marie-Charlet.<ref name="TL-Book1" /> After Bonnat took a new job, Toulouse-Lautrec moved to the studio of ] in 1882 and studied for a further five years and established the group of friends he kept for the rest of his life. At this time, he met ] and ]. Cormon, whose instruction was more relaxed than Bonnat's, allowed his pupils to roam Paris, looking for subjects to paint. During this period, Toulouse-Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (reputedly sponsored by his friends), which led him to paint his first painting of a prostitute in ], a woman rumoured to be Marie-Charlet.<ref name="TL-Book1" />


]'', oil on board, 1889|alt=A thin woman's back and hair are prominent. She faces away from the viewer and has on only a towel and socks.]] ]'', oil on board, 1889|alt=A thin woman's back and hair are prominent. She faces away from the viewer and has on only a towel around her waist and knee-high stockings.]]


=== Early career === === Early career ===
In 1885, Toulouse-Lautrec began to exhibit his work at the cabaret of Aristide Bruant's ''Mirliton''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.parisartstudies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=1 |title=Paris Art Studies - Toulouse Lautrec Posters 1864–1901|website=www.parisartstudies.com |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> In 1885, Toulouse-Lautrec began to exhibit his work at the cabaret of ]'s ''Mirliton''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.parisartstudies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=1 |title=Paris Art Studies - Toulouse Lautrec Posters 1864–1901 |website=www.parisartstudies.com |access-date=2 November 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801150826/http://www.parisartstudies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


With his studies finished, Toulouse-Lautrec participated in an exposition in 1887 in Toulouse using the pseudonym "Tréclau", the ] of the family name "Lautrec". He later exhibited in Paris with Van Gogh and ].<ref name="TL-Book1" /> With his studies finished, Toulouse-Lautrec participated in an exposition in 1887 in Toulouse using the pseudonym "Tréclau", the ] of the family name "Lautrec". He later exhibited in Paris with Van Gogh and ].<ref name="TL-Book1" />
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=== Rise to recognition === === Rise to recognition ===
In 1888, the Belgian critic ] invited Lautrec to present eleven pieces at the ''Vingt'' (the 'Twenties') exhibition in Brussels in February. ], the artist's brother, bought ''Poudre de Riz'' (Rice Powder) for 150 francs for the ] gallery. In 1888, the Belgian critic ] invited Lautrec to present eleven pieces at the ''Vingt'' (the 'Twenties') exhibition in Brussels in February. ], the brother of ], bought ''Poudre de Riz'' (Rice Powder) for 150 francs for the ] gallery.
From 1889 to 1894, Toulouse-Lautrec took part in the ] regularly. He made several landscapes of Montmartre.<ref name="TL-Book1" /> Tucked deep into Montmartre in Monsieur Pere Foret's garden, Toulouse-Lautrec executed a series of pleasant ] paintings of Carmen Gaudin, the same red-headed model who appears in ''The Laundress'' (1888).


In 1890, during the banquet of the XX exhibition in Brussels, he challenged to a duel the artist ], who criticised van Gogh's works. ] also declared he would continue to fight for Van Gogh's honour if Lautrec was killed. De Groux apologised for the slight and left the group, and the duel never took place.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Toulouse Lautrec |last=Gimferrer |first=Pere |publisher=Rizzoli |year=1990 |isbn=0-8478-1276-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Martin |date=2019-09-12 |title=New discoveries: Paul Signac painted watercolours of Van Gogh's asylum |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/discovered-paul-signac-watercolours-of-van-gogh-s-asylum |access-date=2021-09-23 |website=The Art Newspaper |language=en}}</ref>
From 1889 to 1894, Toulouse-Lautrec took part in the ] regularly. He made several landscapes of Montmartre.<ref name="TL-Book1" /> Tucked deep into Montmartre in the garden of Monsieur Pere Foret, Toulouse-Lautrec executed a series of pleasant ] paintings of Carmen Gaudin, the same red-headed model who appears in ''The Laundress'' (1888).

In 1890, during the banquet of the XX exhibition in Brussels, he challenged to a duel the artist Henri de Groux who criticised van Gogh's works. ] also declared he would continue to fight for Van Gogh's honour if Lautrec was killed. De Groux apologised for the slight and left the group and the duel never took place.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Toulouse Lautrec |last=Gimferrer |first=Pere |publisher=Rizzoli |year=1990 |isbn=0-8478-1276-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Martin |date=2019-09-12 |title=New discoveries: Paul Signac painted watercolours of Van Gogh's asylum |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/discovered-paul-signac-watercolours-of-van-gogh-s-asylum |access-date=2021-09-23 |website=The Art Newspaper |language=en}}</ref>


Toulouse-Lautrec contributed several illustrations to the magazine '']'' during the mid-1890s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toulouselautrec.free.fr/litholerire_en.htm |title=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec > Lithographies > Le Rire |website=www.toulouselautrec.free.fr}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec contributed several illustrations to the magazine '']'' during the mid-1890s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toulouselautrec.free.fr/litholerire_en.htm |title=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec > Lithographies > Le Rire |website=www.toulouselautrec.free.fr}}</ref>


=== Interactions with women === === Interactions with women ===
In addition to his growing alcoholism, Toulouse-Lautrec also visited prostitutes.<ref name="wittels" /> He was fascinated by their lifestyle and the lifestyle of the "urban underclass" and incorporated those characters into his paintings.<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00powe |url-access=limited |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-313-30422-4 |editor1=Powell, John |page= |editor2=Blakeley, Derek W. In addition to his growing alcoholism, Toulouse-Lautrec also visited prostitutes.<ref name="wittels" /> He was fascinated by their lifestyle as well as that of the "urban underclass", and he incorporated those characters into his paintings.<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00powe |url-access=limited |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-313-30422-4 |editor1=Powell, John |page= |editor2=Blakeley, Derek W.
|editor3=Powell, Tessa}}</ref> Fellow painter ] later said that while Toulouse-Lautrec did engage in sex with prostitutes, "the real reasons for his behaviour were moral ones&nbsp;... Lautrec was too proud to submit to his lot, as a physical freak, an aristocrat cut off from his kind by his grotesque appearance. He found an affinity between his condition and the moral penury of the prostitute."<ref>{{harv|Toulouse-Lautrec, Donson|1982|p=XIV}}</ref> |editor3=Powell, Tessa}}</ref> Fellow painter ] later said that while Toulouse-Lautrec did engage in sex with prostitutes, "the real reasons for his behaviour were moral ones&nbsp;... Lautrec was too proud to submit to his lot, as a physical freak, an aristocrat cut off from his kind by his grotesque appearance. He found an affinity between his condition and the moral penury of the prostitute."<ref>{{harv|Toulouse-Lautrec, Donson|1982|p=XIV}}</ref>


The women in the brothels inspired Toulouse-Lautrec. He would frequently visit one located in Rue d'Amboise, where he had a favourite called Mireille.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Toulouse Lautrec|last=Neret|first=Gilles|publisher=Taschen|year=1999|isbn=3-8228-6524-9|location=Germany|pages=134–135}}</ref> He created about a hundred drawings and fifty paintings inspired by the life of these women. In 1892 and 1893, he created a series of two women in bed together called '']'', and in 1894 painted '']'' from memory in his studio.<ref name=":0" /> The prostitutes inspired Toulouse-Lautrec. He would frequently visit a brothel located in Rue d'Amboise, where he had a favourite called Mireille.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Toulouse Lautrec|last=Neret|first=Gilles|publisher=Taschen|year=1999|isbn=3-8228-6524-9|location=Germany|pages=134–135}}</ref> He created about a hundred drawings and fifty paintings inspired by the life of these women. In 1892 and 1893, he created a series of two women in bed together called '']'', and in 1894 he painted {{ill|Salón de la Rue des Moulins|it|Al Salon di rue des Moulins|nl|De Salon in de rue des Moulins|italic=yes}} from memory in his studio.<ref name=":0" />


Toulouse-Lautrec declared, "A model is always a stuffed doll, but these women are alive. I wouldn't venture to pay them the hundred ] to sit for me, and god knows whether they would be worth it. They stretch out on the sofas like animals, make no demand and they are not in the least bit conceited." He was well appreciated by the women, saying, "I have found girls of my own size! Nowhere else do I feel so much at home."<ref name=":0" /> Toulouse-Lautrec declared, "A model is always a stuffed doll, but these women are alive. I wouldn't venture to pay them the hundred ] to sit for me, and God knows whether they would be worth it. They stretch out on the sofas like animals, make no demand and they are not in the least bit conceited." He was well appreciated by the women, saying, "I have found girls of my own size! Nowhere else do I feel so much at home."<ref name=":0" />


=== The Moulin Rouge === === The Moulin Rouge ===
When the ] cabaret opened in 1889,<ref name="auto"/> Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to produce a series of posters. His mother had left Paris and, though he had a regular income from his family, making posters offered him a living of his own. Other artists looked down on the work, but he ignored them.<ref name="Ch4-TL">{{cite web| title = Toulouse Lautrec: The Full Story |publisher=Channel 4 |location=UK | url = http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/toulouse_lautrec/lautrec.html | access-date =1 October 2010}}</ref> The cabaret reserved a seat for him and displayed his paintings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wondersmith.com/heroes/lautrec.htm |title=Blake Linton Wilfong ''Hooker Heroes'' |publisher=Wondersmith.com |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> Among the works that he painted for the Moulin Rouge and other Parisian nightclubs are depictions of the singer ]; the dancer Louise Weber, better known as ] (The Glutton) who created the ]; and the much subtler dancer ]. When the ] cabaret opened in 1889,<ref name="auto"/> Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to produce a series of posters. His mother had left Paris and, though he had a regular income from his family, making posters offered him a living of his own. Other artists looked down on the work, but he ignored them.<ref name="Ch4-TL">{{cite web| title = Toulouse Lautrec: The Full Story |publisher=Channel 4 |location=UK | url = http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/toulouse_lautrec/lautrec.html | access-date =1 October 2010}}</ref> The cabaret reserved a seat for him and displayed his paintings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wondersmith.com/heroes/lautrec.htm |title=Blake Linton Wilfong ''Hooker Heroes'' |publisher=Wondersmith.com |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> Among the works that he painted for the Moulin Rouge and other Parisian nightclubs are depictions of the singer ]; the dancer Louise Weber, better known as ] (The Glutton), who created the ]; and the much subtler dancer ].


==London== ==London==
]'' from the portfolio ''Elles'' (1896)]] ]'' from the portfolio '']'' (1896)]]
Toulouse-Lautrec's family were ]s,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/book-review--short-and-not-sweet-toulouselautrec-a-life--julia-frey-weidenfeld-pounds-25-1412821.html|title=Book Review/ Short and not sweet: Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life - Julia Frey: Weidenfeld, pounds 25|last=Smith|first=Joan|date=10 July 1994 |newspaper=independent.co.uk|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> and though he was not as fluent as he pretended to be, he spoke English well enough.<ref name="Ch4-TL" /> He travelled to London, where he was commissioned by the J. & E. Bella company to make a poster advertising their paper confetti (plaster confetti was banned after the 1892 ])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Toulouse-Lautrec|first1=Henri de |last2=Donson |first2=Theodore B. |others=Griepp, Marvel M. |title=Great Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec |year=1982 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-24359-7 |page=XII}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yaneff.com/html/plates/tl_14.html |title=Toulouse-Lautrec - TL. 14 - Confetti |website=www.yaneff.com |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref> and the bicycle advert ''La Chaîne Simpson''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdmart.org/collections/Europe/item/1987.71 |title=La Chaîne Simpson |publisher=San Diego Museum of Art |access-date=28 March 2013 |author=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |year=1896 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311161425/http://www.sdmart.org/collections/europe/item/1987.71 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's family were ]s,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/book-review--short-and-not-sweet-toulouselautrec-a-life--julia-frey-weidenfeld-pounds-25-1412821.html|title=Book Review/ Short and not sweet: Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life - Julia Frey: Weidenfeld, pounds 25|last=Smith|first=Joan|date=10 July 1994 |newspaper=independent.co.uk|access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref> and though he was not as fluent as he pretended to be, he spoke English well enough.<ref name="Ch4-TL" /> He travelled to London, where he was commissioned by the J. & E. Bella company to make a poster advertising their paper confetti (plaster confetti was banned after the 1892 ])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Toulouse-Lautrec|first1=Henri de |last2=Donson |first2=Theodore B. |others=Griepp, Marvel M. |title=Great Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec |year=1982 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-24359-7 |page=XII}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yaneff.com/html/plates/tl_14.html |title=Toulouse-Lautrec - TL. 14 - Confetti |website=www.yaneff.com |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref> and the bicycle advert ''La Chaîne Simpson''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdmart.org/collections/Europe/item/1987.71 |title=La Chaîne Simpson |publisher=San Diego Museum of Art |access-date=28 March 2013 |author=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |year=1896 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311161425/http://www.sdmart.org/collections/europe/item/1987.71 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


While in London, Toulouse-Lautrec met and befriended ].<ref name="Ch4-TL" /> When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial.<ref name="Ch4-TL" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mystudios.com/art/post/lautrec/lautrec-oscar-wilde.html |title='Oscar Wilde' 1895 by Toulouse-Lautrec |publisher=Mystudios.com |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> While in London, Toulouse-Lautrec met and befriended ].<ref name="Ch4-TL" /> When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial.<ref name="Ch4-TL" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mystudios.com/art/post/lautrec/lautrec-oscar-wilde.html |title='Oscar Wilde' 1895 by Toulouse-Lautrec |publisher=Mystudios.com |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>
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==Alcoholism== ==Alcoholism==
]'' by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Oil on cardboard, dated 1892.]] ]'' by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Oil on cardboard, dated 1892.]]
Toulouse-Lautrec was mocked for his short stature and physical appearance, which may have contributed to his abuse of alcohol.<ref name=info>{{cite web|url=http://www.lautrec.info/biography.html |title=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Biography |work=lautrec.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621061437/http://www.lautrec.info/biography.html |archive-date=21 June 2010}}</ref>{{dubious|date=May 2019}} Toulouse-Lautrec was mocked for his short stature and physical appearance, which some biographers have conjectured may have contributed to his abuse of alcohol.<ref name=info>{{cite web|url=http://www.lautrec.info/biography.html |title=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Biography |work=lautrec.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621061437/http://www.lautrec.info/biography.html |archive-date=21 June 2010}}</ref>


Toulouse-Lautrec initially drank only beer and wine, but his tastes expanded into spirits, namely ].<ref name="wittels">{{cite book|last1=Wittels|first1=Betina|last2=Hermesch|first2=Robert|editor=Breaux, T. A.|title=Absinthe, Sip of Seduction: A Contemporary Guide|year=2008|publisher=Fulcrum Publishing|isbn=978-1-933-10821-6|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/absinthesipofsed00witt/page/35}}</ref> The "Earthquake Cocktail" ''(Tremblement de Terre)'' is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half ] in a wine goblet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Absinthe Service and Historic Cocktails |publisher=AbsintheOnline.com |url=http://www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Cocktails.html |access-date=8 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023053548/http://www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Cocktails.html |archive-date=23 October 2007}}</ref> Because of his underdeveloped legs, he walked with the aid of a cane, which he hollowed out and kept filled with liquor in order to ensure that he was never without alcohol.<ref name="Ch4-TL" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gately|first1=Iain|title=Drink, A Cultural History of Alcohol|date=2008|publisher=Gotham books|isbn=978-1-592-40303-5|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/drinkculturalhis00gate_0/page/338}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec initially drank only beer and wine, but his tastes expanded into spirits, namely ].<ref name="wittels">{{cite book|last1=Wittels|first1=Betina|last2=Hermesch|first2=Robert|editor=Breaux, T. A.|title=Absinthe, Sip of Seduction: A Contemporary Guide|year=2008|publisher=Fulcrum Publishing|isbn=978-1-933-10821-6|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/absinthesipofsed00witt/page/35}}</ref> The "Earthquake Cocktail" ''(Tremblement de Terre)'' is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half ] in a wine goblet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Absinthe Service and Historic Cocktails |publisher=AbsintheOnline.com |url=http://www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Cocktails.html |access-date=8 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023053548/http://www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Cocktails.html |archive-date=23 October 2007}}</ref> Because of his underdeveloped legs, he walked with the aid of a cane, which he hollowed out and kept filled with liquor in order to ensure that he was never without alcohol.<ref name="Ch4-TL" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gately|first1=Iain|title=Drink, A Cultural History of Alcohol|date=2008|publisher=Gotham books|isbn=978-1-592-40303-5|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/drinkculturalhis00gate_0/page/338}}</ref>


==Cooking skills== ==Cooking skills==
A fine and hospitable cook, Toulouse-Lautrec built up a collection of favourite recipes – some original, some adapted – which were posthumously published by his friend and dealer Maurice Joyant as ''L'Art de la Cuisine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/toulouse-lautrec-the-art-of-bacchanalia-423646.html|title=Toulouse-Lautrec: The art of bacchanalia|date=12 November 2006|website=The Independent}}</ref> The book was republished in English translation in 1966 as ''The Art of Cuisine''<ref>Grigson, J. ''Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book'' (1984), p. 422.</ref>&nbsp;– a tribute to his inventive (and wide-ranging) cooking. A fine and hospitable cook ('']'', 1898, Édouard Vuillard), Toulouse-Lautrec built up a collection of favourite recipes – some original, some adapted – which were posthumously published by his friend and dealer Maurice Joyant as ''L'Art de la Cuisine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/toulouse-lautrec-the-art-of-bacchanalia-423646.html|title=Toulouse-Lautrec: The art of bacchanalia|date=12 November 2006|website=The Independent}}</ref> The book was republished in English translation in 1966 as ''The Art of Cuisine''<ref>Grigson, J. ''Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book'' (1984), p. 422.</ref>&nbsp;– a tribute to his inventive (and wide-ranging) cooking.


==Death== ==Death==
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By February 1899, Toulouse-Lautrec's alcoholism began to take its toll and he collapsed from exhaustion. His family had him committed to ], a sanatorium in ] for three months.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Clair, Jean|others=Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), National Gallery of Canada|title=The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown|year=2004|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-10375-5|page=170}}</ref> While committed, he drew 39 circus portraits. After his release, he returned to the Paris studio and travelled throughout France.<ref>{{harv|Toulouse-Lautrec, Donson|1982|p=V}}</ref> Both his physical and mental health began to decline due to alcoholism and ].<ref name="foundationbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org/biography.html|title=Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec Biography|publisher=toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref> By February 1899, Toulouse-Lautrec's alcoholism began to take its toll, and he collapsed from exhaustion. His family had him committed to ], a sanatorium in ] for three months.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Clair, Jean|others=Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), National Gallery of Canada|title=The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown|year=2004|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-10375-5|page=170}}</ref> While committed, he drew 39 circus portraits. After his release, he returned to the Paris studio and travelled throughout France.<ref>{{harv|Toulouse-Lautrec, Donson|1982|p=V}}</ref> Both his physical and mental health began to decline due to alcoholism and ].<ref name="foundationbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org/biography.html|title=Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec Biography|publisher=toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>


On 9 September 1901, at the age of 36, Toulouse-Lautrec died from complications due to alcoholism and syphilis at his mother's estate, ], in ]. He is buried in Cimetière de ], Gironde, a few kilometres from the estate.<ref name="foundationbio"/><ref name="bennett">{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/16/Floridian/More_than_art_s_poste.shtml|title=More than art's poster boy|last=Bennett|first=Lennie|date=16 November 2003|publisher=sptimes.com|access-date=24 March 2015|location=St. Petersburg, Florida}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's last words reportedly were "Le vieux con!" ("The old fool!"), his goodbye to his father.<ref name="Ch4-TL"/> On 9 September 1901, at the age of 36, Toulouse-Lautrec died from complications due to alcoholism and syphilis at his mother's estate, ], in ]. He is buried in Cimetière de ], Gironde, a few kilometres from the estate.<ref name="foundationbio"/><ref name="bennett">{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/16/Floridian/More_than_art_s_poste.shtml|title=More than art's poster boy|last=Bennett|first=Lennie|date=16 November 2003|publisher=sptimes.com|access-date=24 March 2015|location=St. Petersburg, Florida}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's last words reportedly were "Le vieux con!" ("The old fool!"), his goodbye to his father.<ref name="Ch4-TL"/>


After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Adèle '']'' de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. His mother contributed funds for a museum to be created in ], his birthplace, to show his works. This ] owns the most extensive collection of his works. After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, '']'' Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. His mother contributed funds for a museum to be created in ], his birthplace, to show his works. This ] owns the most extensive collection of his works.


==Art== ==Art==
]'', 1892, ]. Self-portrait in the crowd (background center-left).]] ]'', 1892, ]. Self-portrait in the crowd (background center).]]
]'', poster (1891)]] ]'', poster (1891)]]
In a career of less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created: In a career of less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created:
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* 5,084 drawings * 5,084 drawings
* some ceramic and stained-glass work * some ceramic and stained-glass work
* an unknown number of lost works<ref name="Angier" /> * an unknown (80+)<ref>] (1987). . Penguin Books. p. 84. {{OCLC|1148609392}}.</ref> number of lost works<ref name="Angier" />
Toulouse-Lautrec's debt to the ], particularly the more figurative painters like ] and ], is apparent, that within his works, one can draw parallels to the detached barmaid at '']'' by Manet and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. Toulouse-Lautrec's style was also influenced by the ] genre of Japanese woodblock prints, which became ].<ref>]. (1992) ''Japonisme in Western Painting from Whistler to Matisse''. Translated by David Britt. Cambridge: ], p. 199. {{ISBN|9780521373210}}.</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's debt to the ], particularly the more figurative painters like ] and ], is apparent, that within his works, one can draw parallels to the detached barmaid at '']'' by Manet and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. Toulouse-Lautrec's style was also influenced by the ] genre of Japanese woodblock prints, which became ].<ref>]. (1992) ''Japonisme in Western Painting from Whistler to Matisse''. Translated by David Britt. Cambridge: ], p. 199. {{ISBN|9780521373210}}.</ref>


Toulouse-Lautrec excelled at depicting people in their working environments, with the colour and movement of the gaudy nightlife present but the glamour stripped away. He was a master at painting crowd scenes where each figure was highly individualised. At the time they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette ''alone'', and the names of many of these characters have been recorded.{{Citation needed|date = November 2015}} His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, in scenes of Parisian nightlife, or as intimate studies, has been described as alternately "sympathetic" and "dispassionate".{{Citation needed|date = November 2015}} Toulouse-Lautrec excelled at depicting people in their working environments, with the colour and movement of the gaudy nightlife present but the glamour stripped away. He was a master at painting crowd scenes where each figure was highly individualised. At the time they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette ''alone'', and the names of many of these characters have been recorded.{{Citation needed|date = November 2015}} His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, in scenes of Parisian nightlife, or as intimate studies, has been described as alternately "sympathetic" and "dispassionate".{{Citation needed|date = November 2015}}


Toulouse-Lautrec's skilled depiction of people relied on his highly ] approach emphasising ]s. He often applied paint in long, thin brushstrokes leaving much of the board visible. Many of his works may be best described as "drawings in coloured paint."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefevrefineart.com/henri-toulouse-lautrec|title=Henri Toulouse-Lautrec|website=Lefevre Fine Art|language=en-GB|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref> Toulouse-Lautrec's skilled depiction of people relied on his highly ] approach emphasising ]s. He often applied paint in long, thin brushstrokes leaving much of the board visible. Many of his works may be best described as "drawings in coloured paint."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefevrefineart.com/henri-toulouse-lautrec|title=Henri Toulouse-Lautrec|website=Lefevre Fine Art|language=en-GB|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510202617/https://www.lefevrefineart.com/henri-toulouse-lautrec|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 20 August 2018, Toulouse-Lautrec was the featured artist on the BBC television programme '']''. Researchers attempted to discover whether he had created two newly discovered sketchbooks.<ref name="BBC 2018">{{cite web |title=Fake or Fortune?, Series 7, Toulouse-Lautrec |website=BBC |date=19 August 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bgtg9h |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> On 20 August 2018, Toulouse-Lautrec was the featured artist on the BBC television programme '']''. Researchers attempted to discover whether he had created two newly discovered sketchbooks.<ref name="BBC 2018">{{cite web |title=Fake or Fortune?, Series 7, Toulouse-Lautrec |website=BBC |date=19 August 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bgtg9h |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
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=== Literature === === Literature ===
*''Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art'', by ], in which the ''bon vivant'' artist plays the role of co-detective with the fictional lead, Lucien Lessard, in trying to unravel the death of mutual friend ]. *''Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art'', by ], in which the ''bon vivant'' artist plays the role of co-detective with the fictional lead, Lucien Lessard, in trying to unravel the death of mutual friend ].
*'']'', by ] (1950), historical novel based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. *{{ill|Moulin Rouge (novel)|lt=''Moulin Rouge'' (novel)|wd=Q131343470|short=yes}}, by ] (1950), historical novel based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
*The historical fiction novel, ''The Dream Collector'', “Sabrine & Vincent van Gogh” (Historium Press 2024) by R.w. Meek explores Toulouse Lautrec’s relationship with Vincent van Gogh and their mutual problems with alcohol.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meek |first=R.w. |title=The Dream Collector, Sabrine and Vincent van Gogh |publisher=Historium Press |year=2024 |isbn=978-1-962465-34-2 |pages=202–209}}</ref>


==Selected works== ==Selected works==
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===Paintings=== ===Paintings===
<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px"> <gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" class="center">
File:14 oct 14 violets vase toulouse.jpg|''Bouquet of violets in a vase'', 1882, oil on panel, ] File:14 oct 14 violets vase toulouse.jpg|''Bouquet of violets in a vase'', 1882, oil on panel, ]
File:Portrait de Suzanne Valadon (Madame Suzanne Valadon, artiste peintre) - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.jpg|'']'', 1885, oil on canvas, ] File:Portrait de Suzanne Valadon (Madame Suzanne Valadon, artiste peintre) - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.jpg|'']'', 1885, oil on canvas, ]
File:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 018.jpg|'']'', 1884–1888, oil on canvas, private collection File:Toulouse-Lautrec - La Blanchisseuse.jpg|'']'', 1884–1888, oil on canvas, private collection
File:Toulouse-Lautrec de Henri Vincent van Gogh Sun.jpg|'']'', 1887, pastel on cardboard, ], Amsterdam File:Toulouse-Lautrec de Henri Vincent van Gogh Sun.jpg|'']'', 1887, pastel on cardboard, ], Amsterdam
File:Lautrec equestrienne (at the cirque fernando) 1887-8.jpg|''Equestrienne (At the ])'', 1888, oil on canvas, ] File:Lautrec equestrienne (at the cirque fernando) 1887-8.jpg|''Équestrienne (At the ])'', 1888, oil on canvas, ]
File:La Rousse in a White Blouse (1889).jpg|''La Rousse in a White Blouse'', 1889, oil on canvas, ], Madrid File:La Rousse in a White Blouse (1889).jpg|''La Rousse in a White Blouse'', 1889, oil on canvas, ], Madrid
File:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French - At the Moulin Rouge- The Dance - Google Art Project.jpg|'']'' 1890, oil on canvas, ] File:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French - At the Moulin Rouge- The Dance - Google Art Project.jpg|'']'' 1890, oil on canvas, ]
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File:Rue des Moulins, 1894 sc001208.jpg|''The Medical Inspection'' at the Rue des Moulins ], 1894, oil on cardboard on wood, ], Washington D.C. File:Rue des Moulins, 1894 sc001208.jpg|''The Medical Inspection'' at the Rue des Moulins ], 1894, oil on cardboard on wood, ], Washington D.C.
File:Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in Chilpéric A24275.jpg|''Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilpéric"'', 1895–96, oil on canvas, ], Washington D.C. File:Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in Chilpéric A24275.jpg|''Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilpéric"'', 1895–96, oil on canvas, ], Washington D.C.
(Albi) Un examen à la faculté de Médecine de Paris - Toulouse-Lautrec 1901 MTL.216.jpg|''Examination at faculty of medicine'', May–July 1901, oil on canvas – his last painting, ] , Albi (Albi) Un examen à la faculté de Médecine de Paris - Toulouse-Lautrec 1901 MTL.216.jpg|''Examination at faculty of medicine'', May–July 1901, oil on canvas – his last painting, ], Albi
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French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Toulouse-Lautrec in 1894
BornHenri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa
(1864-11-24)24 November 1864
Albi, France
Died9 September 1901(1901-09-09) (aged 36)
Saint-André-du-Bois, France
Resting placeCimetière de Verdelais
Known forPainting, printmaking, drawing, draughting, illustration
Notable workAt the Moulin Rouge
Le Lit
La Toilette
MovementPost-Impressionism, Art Nouveau
Signature

Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: [tuluz lotʁɛk]), 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.

Early life

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born at the Château du Bosc, Camjac, Aveyron, in the south of France, the firstborn child of Count Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec Montfa (1838–1913) and Adèle Zoë Tapié de Celeyran (1841–1930). He was a member of an aristocratic family (descended from both the Counts of Toulouse and Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, as well as the Viscounts of Montfa). His younger brother was born in 1867 but died the following year. Both sons enjoyed the titres de courtoisie of Comte. If Toulouse-Lautrec had outlived his father, he would have inherited the family title of Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec.

After the death of his brother, Toulouse-Lautrec's parents separated, and a nanny cared for him. At the age of eight, Toulouse-Lautrec lived with his mother in Paris, where he drew sketches and caricatures in his exercise workbooks. A friend of his father, René Princeteau, sometimes visited to give informal lessons. Some of Toulouse-Lautrec's early paintings are of horses, a speciality of Princeteau's and a subject Toulouse-Lautrec later revisited in his "Circus Paintings".

In 1875, Toulouse-Lautrec returned to Albi because his mother had concerns about his health. He took thermal baths at Amélie-les-Bains, and his mother consulted doctors in the hope of finding a way to improve her son's growth and development.

Disability and health problems

Mr. Toulouse paints Mr. Lautrec (c. 1891), a photomontage by Maurice Guibert

Toulouse-Lautrec's parents were first cousins (their mothers were sisters), and his congenital health conditions have often been attributed to a family history of inbreeding.

At the age of 13, Toulouse-Lautrec fractured his right femur, and at age 14, he fractured his left femur. The breaks did not heal properly. Modern physicians attribute this to an unknown genetic disorder, possibly pycnodysostosis (sometimes known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome), or a variant disorder along the lines of osteopetrosis, achondroplasia, or osteogenesis imperfecta. Toulouse-Lautrec's legs ceased to grow when he reached 1.52 m or 5 ft 0 in. He developed an adult torso while retaining his child-sized legs.

Paris

The Marble Polisher [d], 1882–1887, Princeton University Art Museum, probably painted while a student of Fernand Cormon, demonstrating his classical training

During a stay in Nice, France, his progress in painting and drawing impressed Princeteau, who persuaded Toulouse-Lautrec's parents to allow him to return to Paris and study under the portrait painter Léon Bonnat. He returned to Paris in 1882. Toulouse-Lautrec's mother had high ambitions and, with the aim of her son becoming a fashionable and respected painter, used their family's influence to gain him entry to Bonnat's studio. He was drawn to Montmartre, the area of Paris known for its bohemian lifestyle and the haunt of artists, writers, and philosophers. Studying with Bonnat placed Toulouse-Lautrec in the heart of Montmartre, an area he rarely left over the next 20 years.

After Bonnat took a new job, Toulouse-Lautrec moved to the studio of Fernand Cormon in 1882 and studied for a further five years and established the group of friends he kept for the rest of his life. At this time, he met Émile Bernard and Vincent van Gogh. Cormon, whose instruction was more relaxed than Bonnat's, allowed his pupils to roam Paris, looking for subjects to paint. During this period, Toulouse-Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (reputedly sponsored by his friends), which led him to paint his first painting of a prostitute in Montmartre, a woman rumoured to be Marie-Charlet.

A thin woman's back and hair are prominent. She faces away from the viewer and has on only a towel around her waist and knee-high stockings.
La toilette, oil on board, 1889

Early career

In 1885, Toulouse-Lautrec began to exhibit his work at the cabaret of Aristide Bruant's Mirliton.

With his studies finished, Toulouse-Lautrec participated in an exposition in 1887 in Toulouse using the pseudonym "Tréclau", the verlan of the family name "Lautrec". He later exhibited in Paris with Van Gogh and Louis Anquetin.

In 1885, Toulouse-Lautrec met Suzanne Valadon. He made several portraits of her and supported her ambition as an artist. It is believed that they were lovers and that she wanted to marry him. Their relationship ended, and Valadon attempted suicide in 1888.

Rise to recognition

In 1888, the Belgian critic Octave Maus invited Lautrec to present eleven pieces at the Vingt (the 'Twenties') exhibition in Brussels in February. Theo van Gogh, the brother of Vincent van Gogh, bought Poudre de Riz (Rice Powder) for 150 francs for the Goupil & Cie gallery. From 1889 to 1894, Toulouse-Lautrec took part in the Salon des Indépendants regularly. He made several landscapes of Montmartre. Tucked deep into Montmartre in Monsieur Pere Foret's garden, Toulouse-Lautrec executed a series of pleasant en plein air paintings of Carmen Gaudin, the same red-headed model who appears in The Laundress (1888).

In 1890, during the banquet of the XX exhibition in Brussels, he challenged to a duel the artist Henry de Groux, who criticised van Gogh's works. Paul Signac also declared he would continue to fight for Van Gogh's honour if Lautrec was killed. De Groux apologised for the slight and left the group, and the duel never took place.

Toulouse-Lautrec contributed several illustrations to the magazine Le Rire during the mid-1890s.

Interactions with women

In addition to his growing alcoholism, Toulouse-Lautrec also visited prostitutes. He was fascinated by their lifestyle as well as that of the "urban underclass", and he incorporated those characters into his paintings. Fellow painter Édouard Vuillard later said that while Toulouse-Lautrec did engage in sex with prostitutes, "the real reasons for his behaviour were moral ones ... Lautrec was too proud to submit to his lot, as a physical freak, an aristocrat cut off from his kind by his grotesque appearance. He found an affinity between his condition and the moral penury of the prostitute."

The prostitutes inspired Toulouse-Lautrec. He would frequently visit a brothel located in Rue d'Amboise, where he had a favourite called Mireille. He created about a hundred drawings and fifty paintings inspired by the life of these women. In 1892 and 1893, he created a series of two women in bed together called Le Lit, and in 1894 he painted Salón de la Rue des Moulins [it; nl] from memory in his studio.

Toulouse-Lautrec declared, "A model is always a stuffed doll, but these women are alive. I wouldn't venture to pay them the hundred sous to sit for me, and God knows whether they would be worth it. They stretch out on the sofas like animals, make no demand and they are not in the least bit conceited." He was well appreciated by the women, saying, "I have found girls of my own size! Nowhere else do I feel so much at home."

The Moulin Rouge

When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to produce a series of posters. His mother had left Paris and, though he had a regular income from his family, making posters offered him a living of his own. Other artists looked down on the work, but he ignored them. The cabaret reserved a seat for him and displayed his paintings. Among the works that he painted for the Moulin Rouge and other Parisian nightclubs are depictions of the singer Yvette Guilbert; the dancer Louise Weber, better known as La Goulue (The Glutton), who created the French can-can; and the much subtler dancer Jane Avril.

London

Woman at the Tub from the portfolio Elles (1896)

Toulouse-Lautrec's family were Anglophiles, and though he was not as fluent as he pretended to be, he spoke English well enough. He travelled to London, where he was commissioned by the J. & E. Bella company to make a poster advertising their paper confetti (plaster confetti was banned after the 1892 Mardi Gras) and the bicycle advert La Chaîne Simpson.

While in London, Toulouse-Lautrec met and befriended Oscar Wilde. When Wilde faced imprisonment in Britain, Toulouse-Lautrec became a very vocal supporter of him, and his portrait of Oscar Wilde was painted the same year as Wilde's trial.

Alcoholism

La Promeneuse by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Oil on cardboard, dated 1892.

Toulouse-Lautrec was mocked for his short stature and physical appearance, which some biographers have conjectured may have contributed to his abuse of alcohol.

Toulouse-Lautrec initially drank only beer and wine, but his tastes expanded into spirits, namely absinthe. The "Earthquake Cocktail" (Tremblement de Terre) is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half cognac in a wine goblet. Because of his underdeveloped legs, he walked with the aid of a cane, which he hollowed out and kept filled with liquor in order to ensure that he was never without alcohol.

Cooking skills

A fine and hospitable cook (Toulouse-Lautrec Cooking, 1898, Édouard Vuillard), Toulouse-Lautrec built up a collection of favourite recipes – some original, some adapted – which were posthumously published by his friend and dealer Maurice Joyant as L'Art de la Cuisine. The book was republished in English translation in 1966 as The Art of Cuisine – a tribute to his inventive (and wide-ranging) cooking.

Death

Toulouse-Lautrec's grave in Verdelais

By February 1899, Toulouse-Lautrec's alcoholism began to take its toll, and he collapsed from exhaustion. His family had him committed to Folie Saint-James, a sanatorium in Neuilly-sur-Seine for three months. While committed, he drew 39 circus portraits. After his release, he returned to the Paris studio and travelled throughout France. Both his physical and mental health began to decline due to alcoholism and syphilis.

On 9 September 1901, at the age of 36, Toulouse-Lautrec died from complications due to alcoholism and syphilis at his mother's estate, Château Malromé, in Saint-André-du-Bois. He is buried in Cimetière de Verdelais, Gironde, a few kilometres from the estate. Toulouse-Lautrec's last words reportedly were "Le vieux con!" ("The old fool!"), his goodbye to his father.

After Toulouse-Lautrec's death, his mother, Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, and his art dealer, Maurice Joyant, continued promoting his artwork. His mother contributed funds for a museum to be created in Albi, his birthplace, to show his works. This Musée Toulouse-Lautrec owns the most extensive collection of his works.

Art

At the Moulin Rouge, 1892, Art Institute of Chicago. Self-portrait in the crowd (background center).
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, poster (1891)

In a career of less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created:

  • 737 paintings on canvas
  • 275 watercolours
  • 363 prints and posters
  • 5,084 drawings
  • some ceramic and stained-glass work
  • an unknown (80+) number of lost works

Toulouse-Lautrec's debt to the Impressionists, particularly the more figurative painters like Manet and Degas, is apparent, that within his works, one can draw parallels to the detached barmaid at A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Manet and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. Toulouse-Lautrec's style was also influenced by the Ukiyo-e genre of Japanese woodblock prints, which became popular in the Parisian art world.

Toulouse-Lautrec excelled at depicting people in their working environments, with the colour and movement of the gaudy nightlife present but the glamour stripped away. He was a master at painting crowd scenes where each figure was highly individualised. At the time they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, in scenes of Parisian nightlife, or as intimate studies, has been described as alternately "sympathetic" and "dispassionate".

Toulouse-Lautrec's skilled depiction of people relied on his highly linear approach emphasising contours. He often applied paint in long, thin brushstrokes leaving much of the board visible. Many of his works may be best described as "drawings in coloured paint."

On 20 August 2018, Toulouse-Lautrec was the featured artist on the BBC television programme Fake or Fortune?. Researchers attempted to discover whether he had created two newly discovered sketchbooks.

Media

Films

Literature

  • Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art, by Christopher Moore, in which the bon vivant artist plays the role of co-detective with the fictional lead, Lucien Lessard, in trying to unravel the death of mutual friend Vincent van Gogh.
  • Moulin Rouge (novel) [d], by Pierre La Mure (1950), historical novel based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
  • The historical fiction novel, The Dream Collector, “Sabrine & Vincent van Gogh” (Historium Press 2024) by R.w. Meek explores Toulouse Lautrec’s relationship with Vincent van Gogh and their mutual problems with alcohol.

Selected works

See also Category:Paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Paintings

Posters

  • Aristide Bruant in his cabaret, 1892, lithograph Aristide Bruant in his cabaret, 1892, lithograph
  • Ambassadeurs – Aristide Bruant, 1892, lithograph Ambassadeurs – Aristide Bruant, 1892, lithograph
  • Reine de Joie, 1892, chromolithograph Reine de Joie, 1892, chromolithograph
  • Divan Japonais, 1892–93, crayon, brush, spatter and transferred screen lithograph, printed in 4 color-layers Divan Japonais, 1892–93, crayon, brush, spatter and transferred screen lithograph, printed in 4 color-layers
  • Avril (Jane Avril), 1893, lithograph printed in five colours Avril (Jane Avril), 1893, lithograph printed in five colours
  • The German Babylon, 1894, lithograph published by Victor Joze The German Babylon, 1894, lithograph published by Victor Joze

Other

Photos of Toulouse-Lautrec

  • Photo by Maurice Guibert c. 1887 Photo by Maurice Guibert c. 1887
  • Photo by Maurice Guibert, 1892 Photo by Maurice Guibert, 1892
  • Photo by Maurice Guibert Photo by Maurice Guibert
  • With a nude model in his studio, by Maurice Guibert c. 1895 With a nude model in his studio, by Maurice Guibert c. 1895

See also

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