Welcome! I am an art student and Lautrec enthusiast. I get my information from a variety of biographies, the documentary, Toulouse-Lautrec, The Full Story, and occasionally the web. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. My hope is that this blog helps you learn more about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to better appreciate his work, the works that shaped him and the work he inspired. Enjoy!
Just ordered Ron Searle’s The Second Coming of Toulouse-Lautrec, I can’t wait! Click to see some scans of the book. C’est scandaleux!

Just ordered Ron Searle’s The Second Coming of Toulouse-Lautrec, I can’t wait! Click to see some scans of the book. C’est scandaleux!

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Bulldog.

Bulldog.

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Comtesse Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec. Summer of 1883. oil. “Another portrait of Adèle [the artist’s mother]…is perhaps the finest he ever did of her. It shows her at breakfast in her new château at Malromé, but there is nothing of the countess about her. The pastel colours of the thinned-down oil paint highlight the finely drawn, careworn features of an unassuming, gentle, sad-looking woman, looking gravely down at her coffee cup. Again, around her head, is a pale halo of backlighting.” -excerpt from Toulouse-Lautrec A Life by Julia Frey

Comtesse Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec. Summer of 1883. oil.

“Another portrait of Adèle [the artist’s mother]…is perhaps the finest he ever did of her. It shows her at breakfast in her new château at Malromé, but there is nothing of the countess about her. The pastel colours of the thinned-down oil paint highlight the finely drawn, careworn features of an unassuming, gentle, sad-looking woman, looking gravely down at her coffee cup. Again, around her head, is a pale halo of backlighting.”

-excerpt from Toulouse-Lautrec A Life by Julia Frey

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“Do you know what it is like to be haunted by colours? To me, in the colour green, there is something like the temptation of the devil.” -Lautrec to a friend.

“Do you know what it is like to be haunted by colours? To me, in the colour green, there is something like the temptation of the devil.”

-Lautrec to a friend.

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YOU GUYS. It’s happening, I’m going to France this August. I’ll be taking tons and tons of pictures here, the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec. It has the largest T-L collection in the world! :)  I CANNOT WAIT.

FRANCE
Giovanni Boldini: Portrait of a Dandy (formerly portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec) Boldini. Pastel on paper. 25x16 inches. 1880-1890. What do you guys think…is this Lautrec? It looks nothing like him in my opinion. I’m trying to dig up more on this piece, I was just a bit confused when I discovered the title.

Giovanni Boldini: Portrait of a Dandy (formerly portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec)

Boldini. Pastel on paper. 25x16 inches. 1880-1890.

What do you guys think…is this Lautrec? It looks nothing like him in my opinion. I’m trying to dig up more on this piece, I was just a bit confused when I discovered the title.

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batwithbutterflywings asked: helloooooo :-P

halllllooooooooo! <3

caravaggista asked: Great blog!!!

Thank you so much! You have a great collection on your blog. Don’t mind the million reblogs coming from me to you! ;)

My buddy, Chris made this poster &#8220;as an homage to Lautrec&#8221; his lovely girlfriend and friend o&#8217; mine, Danielle showed it to me and had to share it with you guys because I absolutely adore it. He did an awesome job with the caricature and lettering, I especially love the colors he chose. :) Enjoy!

My buddy, Chris made this poster “as an homage to Lautrec” his lovely girlfriend and friend o’ mine, Danielle showed it to me and had to share it with you guys because I absolutely adore it. He did an awesome job with the caricature and lettering, I especially love the colors he chose. :) Enjoy!

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