Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrecwas a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant and provocative images of the modern, sometimes decadent, life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec is among the best-known painters of the Post-Impressionist period, with Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house, La Blanchisseuse,...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth24 November 1864
CountryFrance
I had placed my stick on the table, as I do every evening. It had been specially made to suit my height, to enable me to walk without too much difficulty. As I was standing up, a customer called to me: 'Monsieur, don't forget your pencil.' It was very unkind, but most funny.
Never be tempted by water. The water tap should be sealed at lunchtime. If, for example, a sauce goes wrong, adding water doesn't help at all; one only achieves a taste of dishwater.
The harmony of the luncheon is achieved by a combination of the two main courses which are the focus of the menu.
My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck.
Philandering impedes, as everyone knows, the ability to concentrate.
The cafes bore me; going downstairs is a nuisance. Painting and sleeping - that's all there is.
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.
The body of a beautiful woman is not made for love; it is too exquisite.
I have always been a pencil.
A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.
Bonnat tells me, 'Your painting isn't bad, it is chic, but even so it isn't bad, but your drawing is absolutely atrocious.' So I must gather my courage and start once again...
I can paint until I'm forty. After that I intend to dry up.
When a figure painter executes a landscape he treats it as if it were a face; Degas' landscapes are unparalleled because they are visionary landscapes.
I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas.