Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was an important French Post-Impressionist painter. Depicting people in their working environments, he succeeded in showing the colour and movement of the nightlife but with the...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was an important French Post-Impressionist painter. Depicting people in their working environments, he succeeded in showing the colour and movement of the nightlife but with the glamour stripped bare. His paintings recorded a Bohemian lifestyle combined with urban decadence. He was derided for being of short stature which in turn led to his alcoholism; his cane (which he walked with due to his underdeveloped legs) was hollowed out in order for it to be filled with liquor).