toulouse-lautrec

     

Artist of the 1893 lithograph seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-09_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

Trivia about toulouse-lautrec

  • This diminutive poster artist broke his legs in childhood falls, inhibiting their growth
  • This portrayer of Parisian nightlife was descended from the counts of Toulouse
  • In 1891 he created his first of more than 30 posters, "Moulin Rouge--La Goulue"
  • This man's art, seen here, depicted popular cabaret entertainers:
  • He's the cabaret hopper whose work is seen here
  • Models for this painter & lithographer included dancer La Goulue & singer Aristide Bruant
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a famous painting on the monitor.) Look past the first few people in the famous painting "At the Moulin Rouge" & you'll see this man, the artist, walking with his much taller cousin
  • This vertically challenged French artist turned to lithographs in the 1890s; entertainer Yvette Guilbert was a subject
  • He loved the night life, as seen here
  • Being only 4'11'' tall didn't stop this artist from painting posters like 1895's "La Revue Blanche"
  • Dancer Louise Weber, one of his most famous subjects, was known as "La Goulue" -- The Glutton
  • He painted ladies of the evening "at the Salon of the Rue des Moulins" in 1894
  • In 1892 this French artist portrayed dancer La Goulue entering the Moulin Rouge
  • His own stunted physique caused him to seek out & paint outcasts of Paris
  • He lived for awhile at the Rue des Moulins bordello, & painted its ladies of the evening in their parlor
  • 1895:"Au Salon de la Rue des Moulins"
  • Faces are garishly lit by gas lamp in "At the Moulin Rouge", one of his many depictions of Parisian night life
  • "The Supreme Poster Artist of the 19th Century", he was famous for his Parisian nightlife scenes
  • "Belle Epoque" features this artist painting Parisian nightlife, can-cans & women drunk on absinthe
  • Jose Ferrer in 1952 & John Leguizamo in 2001 played this artist
  • His several "At the Circus" drawings from 1898 include "The Tandem", "Acrobats" & "Rehearsing"
  • His 1888 portrait of Ellen Barre, seen here, is much more subdued than his nightlife paintings
  • In short -- very short -- he not only painted "At the Moulin Rouge", he hung out there
  • French songstress Yvette Guilbert hated this cabaret habitue's depictions of her & called him "Little Monster"
  • 2001:John Leguizamo (in a musical)
  • In 1892 this French artist painted the nightclub waltzers seen here:
  • Jose Ferrer in "Moulin Rouge"
  • In 2001's "Moulin Rouge!", John Leguizamo portrayed this real-life artist

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