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.)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "L'Artisan Moderne" Lithograph
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
A rare and well-sought variant of the celebrated poster "L'Artisan Moderne," by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, this special lithograph includes a seldom seen addition of the text reading...
Giltwood, Paper
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "Elles" Lithograph
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau lithograph, "Elles" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, heavily focuses on women for the portfolio of "Elles," one of Lautrec's greatest achievements in lithography...
Paper
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "Le Jockey" Lithograph
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
"In Paris from the autumn of 1899 to the summer of 1900, [Lautrec] seemed to live his former existence, making paintings and prints and maintaining contact with friends... In some wa...
Gesso, Giltwood, Paper
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "May Milton" Lithograph
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
Executed with a Degas-like sight-line and with a clear influence of the Japanese woodblock prints that so fascinated him, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec created this incredible lithograph, composed of deep contrasts at the behest of the performer whose name appears on the print, "May Milton...
Paper
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "Jane Avril" Lithograph
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
Aptly titled "Jane Avril," celebrated lithograph artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec captures here, in static form, the very particular brand of motion Avril f...
Giltwood, Paper
Alphonse Mucha Pair of "Byzantine Heads" Lithographs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French "Byzantine Heads" lithographs by Alphonse Mucha. The mastery evident in creating two archetypes of the female form against a decorative background confirms Mucha's a...
Paper
"Polin" Lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in San Diego, CA
Lithograph in gray/black on paper entitled "Polin" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, circa early 1900s. From "Portraits d' Acteurs et d' Actrices, Treize Lithographies, from an edition of 400 printed after 1901, monogrammed within the matrix. The image measures 9" x 12" and is exquisitely presented in a carved dark wood frame...
Paper
Reine de Joie, Art Nouveau Lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, After, French (1864 - 1901) - Reine de Joie, Year: 1982, Medium: Lithograph, numbered in pencil, Edition: 10/500, Size: 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm), ...
Lithograph
"Moulin Rouge" Lithograph Poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage "Moulin Rouge" lithograph poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, circa 1950s. The piece measures 21" x 31" and is nicely presented in a black wood frame. Nice vibrant colo...
Paper, Wood
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Short Joys (Fish Seller and Don Quixote) 1925
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Original lithograph bought in the late 90s at a Christie's auction. Nice frame ready to hang. Printed Signature ...
Paper
Lautrec's Cadieux Lithograph Poster
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Savannah, GA
Offered is a four color lithograph reproduction published in 1950 of Lautrec's 1893 poster of Cadieux, the singer who appeared at the Eldorado and the Ambassadeurs. Lautrec made se...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Toulouse Lautrec Divan Japonais Silkscreen Print
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage silkscreen print by Toulouse Lautrec, "Divan Japonais" circa 1960s framed without glass nice paper condition not faded.
Paper
