Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French Post-Impressionist, famous for his paintings of the night-life of late 19th-century Paris (including cabaret dancers, prostitutes, and circus performers) and show posters.
Toulouse-Lautrec was born on 24 November 1864 in Albi, in the south of France. He was the heir of the Comte Alphonse-Charles de Toulouse, an old aristocratic French family. He died on 9 September 1901, aged 36, on a family estate, Chateau de Malrome.
The influence of Japanese art is evident in the way Toulouse-Lautrec used flat areas of colors, strong outlines, asymmetrical compositions, and the oblique angles of his subjects.
In 1922 the Lautrec family donated some 600 works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to the town of Albi, which are housed in the Tolouse-Lautrec Museum.
