biography
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Toulouse-Lautrec (-Monfa), Henri (Marie Raymond) de
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pronunciation:
[toolooz lohtrek]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1864–1901)
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| biography:
| Painter and lithographer, born in Albi, S France. Physically frail, at the age of 14 he broke both his legs, which then ceased to grow. From 1882 he studied in Paris, and in 1884 settled in Montmartre, where he painted and drew the cabaret stars, prostitutes, barmaids, clowns, and actors of that society, as in ‘The Bar’ (1898, Zürich) and ‘At the Moulin Rouge’ (1892, Chicago). He also depicted fashionable society, such as ‘At the Races’ (1899, Albi), and produced several portraits. His alcoholism brought a complete breakdown, forcing him into a sanatorium (1899), but he recovered to resume his hectic life. Over 600 of his works are in the Musée Lautrec at Albi. |
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