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TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
"The catalogue
does a monumental job of resuscitation . . . Bernard Denvir's account
of Lautrec and his career is a model of condensation, and it has
flashes of wit that Lautrec himself would have applauded."
—The New York Times Book Review
ISBN 0-500-20250-8 · 170 illustrations
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This
account of Toulouse-Lautrec strips away the mythology to look afresh
at his achievements both as a graphic artist and a painter. It revitalizes
and adds depth to the well-known images, while a wealth of contemporary
material (correspondence, reviews, anecdotes and reminiscences) sheds
new light on the challenges that faced the artist. Bernard Denvir
examines all the major influences on his life and work: the eccentricities
and instabilities of his aristocratic background; the indignities
of his handicaps; his education and artistic training; the theatres,
bars, cafes and brothels to which he increasingly gravitated; and
the political and social unease of late nineteenth-century France.