Degas and toulouse lautrec biography
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Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - Biography
Aristide Bruant
By Toulouse Lautrec -
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, unlike any other artist of the nineteenth century, was profoundly influenced bygd Japanese woodblock prints. Just as the vibrant life of the entertainment districts of the Japanese Edo period inspired the great Ukiyo-e artist Utamaro, it was the nightlife of Montmartre in Paris that fueled the creative genius of this remarkable painter.
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Biography: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri Marie Raymond dem Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born on November 24, , into an aristocratic and wealthy family in the South of France. Perhaps influenced by his fragile health, Henri developed a passion for drawing and painting from an early age. He received formal training in painting and drawing from the professional artist René Princeteau. At the ages of 12 and 14, Henri suffered fractures to b
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French painter and illustrator (–)
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November &#;– 9 September ), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French:[tuluzlotʁɛk]), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the sometimes decadent affairs of those times.
Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, possibly due to the rare condition pycnodysostosis, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works, which record details of the lateth-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. He is among the painters described as being Post-Impressionists, w
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Wasch Center Seminars
DEGAS TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
THIS CLASS IS FULL - PLEASE NO NEW ENROLLMENTS
Paintings by Edgar Degas influenced the younger Toulouse-Lautrec in the late 19th century and initiated new kinds of subject matter that were both revealing and shocking to the French public.&#; Lautrec himself extended those innovations into something of his own.&#; His works were often raw but honest portrayals of the world of cabaret entertainers and brothels.&#; His posters, which served to bridge the gap between fine art and popular art, created a totally new artistic phenomenon; the art of celebrity, anticipating the work of Andy Warhol in the 20th century.&#; We will examine works by both artists, evaluating their contributions, differences, and innovations.
Instructor: Rhea Higgins
Three Mondays: November 4, 11, 18
pm &#;&#;&#; pm
Butterfield Room, Wasch Center
$70
Rhea Higgins is an adjunct professor in the art history department in the College of the Arts