A Painter's Viewpoint
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, from what I have gathered from looking at a few of his paintings is quite different. Perhaps like a Van Gogh style, eccentric and somewhat odd. I suppose though, that like most other artists, he seems strange to non-artists. Without further ado, here is his famous painting "At the Moulin Rouge".
Apparently Mr. Lautrec had a fascination with this place as he has numerous paintings about it. He was an advertiser for this place. I would assume that he received some sort of retribution for all of his paintings for this place. He addresses anyone who is interested in visiting such an establishment.
He has a pretty high opinion of this "At the Moulin Rouge". He values the company of the visitors as well, making sure to include them in his paintings. I wonder how many of his self portraits were of customers?
Hmmmm...somewhat odd and eccentric...strange?
ReplyDeleteI agree.
Maybe he felt that drawing others was teh best way to express himself. He probably didn't have much self-confidence because of his deformity, so drawing others just felt less of a hassle than attempting to draw himself.
ReplyDeleteyou're right, he was a little eccentric, as most artistic individuals are. also, as clark mentioned, he probably had some psychological issues because of his deformity. if i'm not mistaken, he had a regular size torso, and really short legs. at any rate, i like the painting you chose. good job, benjamin!
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