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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Aristide Bruant Lithograph

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Aristide Bruant Lithograph
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    Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec    Title: Aristide Bruant    Medium: Lithograph on reeves rag paper    Publisher: Bank Street Atilier    Edition: Out of 2000    Size: 38 3/4" x 27 1/2"    Condition: ExcellentBiographyHenri de Toulous-Lautrec (1864-1904) debt to the Impressionists, in particular the more figurative painters Manet and Degas, is apparent. His style was influenced by the classical Japanese woodprints which became popular in art circles in Paris. In his works can be seen parallels to Manet's detached barmaid at A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. He excelled at capturing people in their working environment, with the colour and the movement of the gaudy night-life present but the glamour stripped away. He was masterly at capturing crowd scenes in which the figures are highly individualized. At the time that they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, scenes of Parisian night-life, or intimate studies, has been described as both sympathetic and dispassionate. Toulouse-Lautrec's skilled depiction of people relied on his painterly style which is highly linear and gives great emphasis to contour. He often applied the paint in long, thin brushstrokes which would often leave much of the board on which they are painted showing through. Many of his works may best be described as drawings in coloured paint.
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