During his brief artistic career, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec captured the lively and often sordid atmosphere of Montmartre’s late 19th-century dance halls, cabarets, and theaters. Recording the performances he viewed and the establishments he visited on a nightly basis, he functioned as artist and narrator: original Lautrec paintings, drawings, prints, and posters expose the complexities of the quickly changing age in which he lived.
Between 1890 and 1900, Paris saw tremendous growth in its nightlife scene, with nearly 300 café-concerts serving women and men who drank, smoked, and fraternized in ways previously unpermitted to them in public. In such prominent clubs as the Moulin Rouge and less reputable institutions like the Moulin de la Galette, aristocrats often rubbed shoulders with the working class. It was within these establishments that Lautrec found the subjects he would voraciously document over the next decade.
Lautrec chronicled his era largely through printmaking — something few other artists had attempted to do in this medium. From 1891 until his death in 1901, he produced nearly 350 lithographic posters, editioned portfolios, and illustrations for journals and theater programs recounting life in Belle Époque Paris. The rise of color lithography in 1891 ushered in a new form of printmaking, and Lautrec found great success in this medium. This process allowed him to print large posters in color.
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(Biography provided by Allinson Gallery, Inc.)
Original Vintage Poster-Bas funds of Paris-Aristide Bruant-Lautrec, 1895
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Bas funds of Paris-Aristide Bruant-Lautrec, 1895 AToulouse-Lautrec inspired poster for the release of the book "Les bas-Fonds de Paris" by Aristide Bruant. F...
Paper
Lautrec, Original Theatre Program, La Coiffure, Théâtre Libre, Ukiyo-e, 1893
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Lautrec-La Coiffure-Programme-Théâtre Libre, 1893 This original theatre program for: Une Faillite - A Bankruptcy Le Poète et le Financier - The Poet and the Financier at the Théâtre Libre by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is known as: La Coiffure or the Hairdresser. It depicts a scene from the Poet and the Financier and shows countess Gisèle dressed in Japanese style wearing a kimono and waiting to have her a hair done. This print illustrates Toulouse-Lautrec’s taste for and influence of Japanese "ukiyo-e" prints by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige. For more information: MOMA - The Beraldi Album of Theatre Programs...
Paper
Original Poster-Paul Sescau-Moulin De La Galette-Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897
By Paul Sescau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Poster-Paul Sescau-Moulin De La Galette-Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897 We see 5 smiling people in period outfits, in front of the entrance to the Moulin de la Galette. Additional ...
Paper
Leonetto Cappiello, Original Vintage Newspaper Poster, Le Cri de Paris, 1901
By Leonetto Cappiello
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for Le Cri de Paris Newspaper by Leonetto Cappiello dating from 1901. Harlequin visits Paris, Place de la Concorde, Hotel de la Marine and Hotel Crillon...
Paper
Misti, Original Belle Epoque Vintage Poster, Quinquina Du Valet Liquor, 1899
By Ferdinand Edouard Ernest Mifliez (Misti)
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Belle Epoque Poster-Misti-Quinquina Du Valet-Cocktail, 1899 Original Vintage Poster for Quinquina du Valet liquor by Misti dating from 18...
Paper
Mucha, Salon des Cent, Original Art Nouveau Belle Epoque Vintage Poster, 1896
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Art Nouveau Vintage Poster dating from 1896 by Alphonse Mucha. Poster for the 20th edition of the Salon des Cent in March-April 1...
Paper
"Aristide Bruant" lithograph poster
By (After) Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a smaller-size format...
Lithograph
"Aristide Bruant" lithograph poster
By (After) Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a smaller-size format...
Lithograph
LA REVUE BLANCHE Maitres de l'Affiche Original Vintage Poster LAUTREC Plate 82
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Chicago, IL
LA REVUE BLANCHE - MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE - PLATE 82 Rare authentic original vintage French art nouveau poster Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautr...
Paper
Aristide Bruant, at His Cabaret after H. de Toulouse-Lautrec - 20th Century
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Roma, IT
Aristide Bruant, at His Cabaret is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century. Mixed colored lithograph after H. de Toulouse-Lautrec. Original title: Aristide Bruant dans son Cabaret...
Paper, Lithograph
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec: Original Exhibition Poster from 1987
By (After) Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original poster for the exhibition “Toulouse-Lautrec” at Kunsthalle Tübingen, featuring paintings and studies by the renowned French Post-Impressionist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The...
Offset
"La Revue Blanche" Original Stone Lithographic Poster
By Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Lithographic Poster created 1895 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Title: “La Revue Blanche” Medium: Stone Lithograph on Paper Signed: Lower left with the artist’s monogra...
Paper, Lithograph
