Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French: [ɑ̃ʁi də tuluz lotʁɛk]) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman 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 modern, sometimes decadent, life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec is among the best-known painters of the Post-Impressionist period, alongside Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house, La Blanchisseuse, his early painting of a young laundress, sold for US$22.4 million and set a new record for the artist for a price at auction.

Early life

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born at the Hôtel du Bosc in Albi, Tarn in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France, the firstborn child of Count Alphonse Charles de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (1838–1913) and wife Adèle Zoë Tapié de Celeyran (1841–1930). The last part of his name means he was a member of an aristocratic family (descendants of the Counts of Toulouse and Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec and the Viscounts of Montfa, a village and commune of the Tarn department of southern France). His younger brother was born in 1867, but died the following year.

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Golden age of Parisian street art comes alive at Musée d’Orsay

The Times/The Sunday Times 20 Mar 2025
This week the Musée d’Orsay has opened the first comprehensive exhibition of the age of “poster mania”, the riot of commercial graphics, often from celebrity artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, ...
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An art critic’s guide to Paris, from the Louvre to Dali

Daily Freeman 14 Mar 2025
Journey to Montmartre, made famous by Toulouse-Lautrec’s chronicling of its nightlife ... If you’re feeling morbid, visit the graves of artists like Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jean Bauchet (proprietor of the Moulin Rouge) and more.
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‘Moulin Rouge’ star nurses his performing career in national tour

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 14 Mar 2025
Christian discovers her on his first visit to the club with his fellow bohemians – the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Jahi Kearse), and an Argentinian named Santiago ... Lautrec represents freedom, Zidler is truth and Christian embodies love.
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Why Restore Waterlilies Now?

Portland Mercury 13 Mar 2025
Among the French artists enamored by Japanese printmaking are some names you’re likely to know, like Mary Cassatt and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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New Director Sarah Ganz Blythe on Reenvisioning Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard Crimson 11 Mar 2025
For example, the label for “The Black Countess” by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was updated to acknowledge the identity of the the Haitain aristocrat depicted in it, and mentions of the Boylston family’s ...
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