Original Lithograph from "The Circus Portfolio" by TOULOUSE LAUTREC 1990 26/350

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A beautiful lithograph by the master artist - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec! It depicts a scene from the circus, and is part of "The Circus Portfolio" that consists of 39 lithographs that were entirely hand drawn by the master lithographer Marc Kniebihler. All sheets were printed on arches paper and the edition description page in each book has been numbered in pencil. The printing of this edition was completed on November 22, 1990 at the presses of Original Artworks Ltd. Of Island Park, New York. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born on November 24, 1864, in southern France. Son and heir of Comte Alphonse-Charles de Toulouse, he was the last in the line of an aristocratic family that dated back a thousand years. Today, the family estate houses the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec. But by the time he was ten years old he had begun to draw and paint. Toulouse-Lautrec depicted the world of Paris nightlife in a style that transcended categorization. Influenced by the impressionists (particularly Degas), he exhibited with them at the 1889 Salon des Independants. His technical skills, evident early in his career, enabled him to create a sense of motion and atmosphere with a minimum of brushstrokes . Lautrec studied art in Paris and in 1885 opened his own studio in Montmartre, where the brothels and dance halls greatly inspired his work. He began producing posters in 1891 with immediate success; the first one was commissioned by the Moulin Rouge cabaret. Between 1891 and his death in 1901, Lautrec made 357 lithographs and was a popular artist for collectors of the day. His mastery of the medium won him international acclaim and in 1895 he was given two one-man shows in London. In 1900 he was appointed to the Committee of the Exposition Universelle, commemorating the 100th anniversary of lithography. Throughout his career, which spanned less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created 737 canvases, 275 watercolours, 363 prints and posters, 5,084 drawings, some ceramic and stained glass work, and an unknown number of lost works. His debt to the Impressionists, in particular the more figurative painters Manet and Degas, is apparent. His style was also influenced by the classical Japanese woodprints which became popular in art circles in Paris. In the works of Toulouse-Lautrec can be seen many parallels to Manet's detached barmaid at A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. He excelled at capturing people in their working environment, with the colour and the movement of the gaudy night-life present but the glamour stripped away. He was masterly at capturing crowd scenes in which the figures are highly individualised. At the time that they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, scenes of Parisian night-life, or intimate studies, has been described as both sympathetic and dispassionate.

  • Material:

    Paper

  • Size:

    12.6X16.7 (inches), 32x42.5 (cm)

  • Artist:

    Original Artworks Ltd.

  • Year:

    1990

  • Markings:

    Signed and numbered 26/350 in the plate.

  • Condition:

    Very Good. (A-)

Item ID : 60024
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