About Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901): Linear.
Examples of his work:
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901),
Albert (René) Grenier (1858-1925),
1887 or 1888, oil on wood, 13 3/8 x 10 inches (34 x 25.4
cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861-1934)
at the Moulin Rouge, oil
and gouache on
cardboard, 33 3/4 x 26
inches (85.7 x 66 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901),
Divan Japonais, 1893, color lithographed
poster, complete: 31
5/8 x 23 7/8 inches (80.3 x 60.7 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY.
This poster advertises a cabaret in Montmartre, Paris. In the
center sits the famous cancan dancer Jane Avril, whose elegant
black silhouette
dominates the scene. Lithographed posters proliferated during
the 1890s due to technical advances in color printing and the
relaxation of laws restricting the placement of posters. Dance
halls, café-concerts, and festive street life invigorated
nighttime activities. Toulouse-Lautrec's brilliant posters, made
as advertisements, captured the vibrant appeal of the prosperous
Belle Époque. See Art
Nouveau.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Sofa, oil
on cardboard, 24 3/4
x 31 7/8 inches (62.9 x 81 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Madame Thadée Natanson (Misia Godebska,
1872-1950) at the Theater, 1895, gouache on cardboard,
24 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (62.2 x 74.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum
of Art, NY. See contour lines
and theater.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Seated Female Clown, Mlle. Cha-U-Kao,
1896, color lithograph
in the crayon manner, 20 3/4 x 15 15/16 inches (52.7 x 40.5 cm),
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Mlle Cha-U-Kao was
a dancer, acrobat and clown who worked at the Moulin Rouge, the
New Circus and in Parisian cabaret. She was one of the artist's
favorite models
and he depicted her several
times. Here she sits in the circus lobby with legs apart and
arms folded, a natural and relaxed posture in which it was convenient
to relax the muscles. The artist
contrasts the black silhouette of
the legs and the red of the bench, while the yellow of the fluffy
collar adds a touch which sets off the main color
scheme.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Émilie, late 1890s, oil
on wood, 16 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches
(41.3 x 32.4 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mademoiselle Nys, oil
on unprimed wood, 10 5/8 x 8
5/8 inches (27 x 21.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
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