| Description |
270 pages : illustrations (part color) facsimiles portraits ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
At the source of the river -- Childhood -- The decree of fate -- Learning to bear with oneself -- Bonnat, Cormon and company -- Montmartre -- A choice of friends -- Early success -- The Moulin Rouge -- Art in the streets -- Jane Avril -- Big Mireille -- The outer world -- New faces -- The theatrical world -- Premature Autumn -- The height of his powers -- Souvenir, souvenir, Que Me Veux Tu? -- The black years -- The turn of the century -- The visionary -- List of illustrations -- Index of names |
| Summary |
"Henri de Toulouse-Lautree's career has become one of the most fascinating legends of modern art. His life was brief, violent, beset by illness, but brilliantly productive. His body was stunted by a riding accident in his youth, and he abandoned the genteel setting of one of France's noble, ancestral homes for the demi-monde of Paris - the picturesque squalor of Montmartre music halls, circuses, and brothels. These became the preferred subjects of his art."--BOOK COVER |
| Notes |
Translation of Toulouse-Lautrec |
| Subject |
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901.
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Artists -- France
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| LC no. |
66013667 |
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