Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec
Kelsey Becraft
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Date of Birth: November 24, 1864 in Albi.
Date of Death: September 9, 1901
He died at age 36.
Born Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-LautrecMonfa
• He was a French Painter, printmaker,
draughtsman and illustrator.
• He worked in the Post-Impressionism
style.
Life as a Child
• He had a younger brother who died. After the
brothers death his parents separated.
• At age 8, Henri went to Paris to live with his
mother. It was at this point he started to draw. He
done his first sketches and caricatures in his
exercise workbooks.
• A friend of his father, Rene Princeteau, came to
give him informal lessons.
• In 1875 he moved back to Albi because of his
health problems.
Health Problems
• His parents were first cousins. His
grandmothers were sisters.
• He suffered form a number of congenital
health conditions because of the inbreeding.
• As a child he broke a leg and a thigh bone, it
didn’t heal properly. Modern doctors think it
was because of a unknown genetic disorder.
• He stopped growing cause him, to be just 5 ft
1 in.
Unique Characteristics
• He died young at age 36. He died of
complications from alcoholism and syphilis.
• It is fair to say that without him Andy Warhol
would not be an artist.
• He was harsh and witty chronicler of the
nightlife and the sordid elements of 19th
century Parisian society.
In Bed: The Kiss
Completed in 1892.
A Landscape.
Moulin Rouge
Printed in 4 colors.
On 3 sheets of woven paper.
Portrait of Monsieur Maurice Joyant
Painted in 1900
Oil on canvas
Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge (1892)
Oil on canvas
Salon at the Rue des Moulins
Painted in 1894
Oil on Canvas