Toulouse-Lautrec
Montmartre poster artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French artist of the late 19th century, famous for paintings and posters depicting Parisian nightlife—cabarets, dancers, and prostitutes.
His distinctive style, with bold outlines and flat color, helped establish the artistic poster.
Dwarfed by a genetic condition, he became inseparable from the Moulin Rouge scene he immortalized.
Competitive public sale
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- collectionGathered set of items
- influencePower to affect others
- graphic designArranging images and text
modernism · expressionism · Picasso · Degas · Van Gogh · poster art · commercial art · Art Nouveau
Hilltop artists' district in Paris
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- lithographStone-based printing method
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- Moulin RougeHistoric Parisian cabaret
bohemian · cancan · printmaking · brushwork · sketch · palette · atelier · easel
France's chief city
- fin-de-siecleLate 19th-century weariness
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- cancanLively French kick dance
- music hallVenue for live entertainment
Parisian nightlife · decadence · pleasure · entertainment · spectacle · dance hall · absinthe · boulevard
Person of noble birth
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- dwarfismGenetic shortness condition
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- absintheWormwood-flavored green liqueur
Henri · family · inheritance · syphilis · sanatorium · early death · walking stick · pince-nez
People who move rhythmically
- prostitutesThose who sell sex
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- entertainersThose who amuse others
- courtesansCompanions to powerful men
singers · actresses · showgirls · barmaids · laundresses · clowns · acrobats · models
auction
Competitive public sale
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- collectionGathered set of items
- influencePower to affect others
graphic design · modernism · expressionism · Picasso · Degas · Van Gogh · poster art · commercial art · Art Nouveau
Montmartre
Hilltop artists' district in Paris
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- lithographStone-based printing method
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
Moulin Rouge · bohemian · cancan · printmaking · brushwork · sketch · palette · atelier · easel · canvas
Paris
France's chief city
- fin-de-siecleLate 19th-century weariness
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- cancanLively French kick dance
music hall · Parisian nightlife · decadence · pleasure · entertainment · spectacle · dance hall · absinthe · boulevard
aristocrat
Person of noble birth
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- dwarfismGenetic shortness condition
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
absinthe · Henri · family · inheritance · syphilis · sanatorium · early death · walking stick · pince-nez · bowler hat
dancers
People who move rhythmically
- prostitutesThose who sell sex
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- entertainersThose who amuse others
courtesans · singers · actresses · showgirls · barmaids · laundresses · clowns · acrobats · models · demimonde
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- Belle EpoqueMoulin Rouge, cancan, can-can, absinthe, Art Nouveau
- French Artrealism, Post-Impressionism, cubism, surrealism, Fauvism
- French LuminariesVictor Hugo, Emile Zola, Claude Monet, Louis Pasteur, Gustave Eiffel
- French MuseumsLouvre, Pompidou, Natural History Museum