Biography of Toulouse Lautrec :: essays research papers

Artist narration and Painting Critique     Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec Monfa, commonly known as Toulouse Lautrec, was born on November 24th, 1864. He lived out the entirety of his life in France, and died on phratry 9th, 1901. Born into a family of noble but inbred blood, he had inherently frail bones, and after a series of horrendous accidents, was crippled for life. During his recovery from one such accident, he discovered his love and talent for force and painting. He spent a considerable amount of time in Fernand Gormons studio, and met with Vincent Van Gogh. He also visited many locations Van Gogh has worked at. They were twain of the pre-impressionistic era. Lautrecs body of work often featured scenes from brothels. He was well value for his art at the time of his death.     Lautrecs Papa Chrysantheme, painted in 1893, features trey female figures on a brown, cardboard-like minimize. Two images of ladys in flowing, f orm equal dresses are viewed from behind in the foreground, in between which is a charwoman who appears to be in the center of a stage, on a pedestal. She is careen backwards, her skirt flayed out behind her. The audience is a blackish-purple shadow skirt the murky green pedestal, the three female bodies outlined in white, red, and scandalmongering shaded slashes. All three are vague forms, with no faces or details. Dashy, eccentric lines create a sense of tendency, a flurry of motion which the female dancers are creating as the twirl eroticly in their dresses. Their flesh is the color of the background - speckled yellow-brown. This and purple are the main colors in the painting, the ones you differentiate first. The painting is entirely earthy, natural tones, very expressive of the flourishing movement and erotic dancing Lautrec is trying to capture. The incomplete outlines of the body create a frenzied appearance, a fluid rather than