ABC Wednesday - Letter L

L is for Toulouse Lautrec

(Henri Marie Raymond de)

(1864-1901)

One of Toulouse- Lautrect's most famous works,
Dance at the Moulin Rouge

"I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record."

~Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec was born in Albi into one of the oldest aristocratic families. Henri was weak and often sick. By the time he was 10 he had begun to draw and paint. At 12 young Toulouse-Lautrec broke his left leg and at 14 his right leg. The bones failed to heal properly, and his legs stopped growing. He reached young adulthood with a body trunk of normal size but with abnormally short legs. During his convalescence, his mother encouraged him to paint. He subsequently studied with French academic painters L. J. F. Bonnat and Fernand Cormon.    read the rest here

Sources:

Renoir Fine Art

Toulouse-Lautrec Foundation

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