Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec, October 1-22, 1946

Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colorful 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 on November 24, 1864, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, due to a rare condition, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to his alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works, recording many details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec is among the painters described as being Post-Impressionists, with Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group. Though he was only 26 when he died on September 9, 1901, he produced more than 5,000 drawings, some 370 lithographs, 275 watercolors, and 737 canvas paintings.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec