Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) was born into an old noble family in Albi, in the south of France, and moved to Paris in 1882 to study painting.

He became the painter of Montmartre's cabarets and dance halls, and his bold, colourful posters, starting with the first poster for the Moulin Rouge in 1891, changed the art of the poster.

He spent many evenings at the Moulin Rouge, quickly sketching the dancers and guests, and he was a good friend of Vincent van Gogh, whom he met at a Paris art studio.

At the Moulin Rouge
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892–95