1864–1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in Albi to an aristocratic family. Childhood leg fractures left him with short legs. He settled in Montmartre, where he painted the dance halls, cabarets and brothels of Paris and their performers, including Jane Avril and Aristide Bruant. His color lithograph posters, beginning with Moulin Rouge: La Goulue (1891), transformed poster design. His health declined through alcoholism, and he died at his family's château in 1901, aged 36.

Where to see Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Art Institute of Chicago (1 work); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3 works); National Gallery of Art (3 works); Van Gogh Museum (1 work).

Public-domain works: Portrait of Jeanne Wenz, 1886; The Streetwalker, ca. 1890–91; Mademoiselle Nys, 1899; Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925), 1887; Carmen Gaudin, 1885; Alfred la Guigne, 1894; Young Woman at a Table, 'Poudre de riz', 1887; Maxime Dethomas, 1896.