Notes on Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri was a short-legged artist who lived in Paris and while not actively participating in the naming and defining of artistic trends like Art Nouveau and poster design, was a huge influence on them nevertheless.

I'm starting to think that Tyrion in Game of Thrones may have been based a little bit on Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec was born into an affluent and aristocratic family that could afford to give him medical attention when he was a child and support him with an allowance during his artistic career, and even attempt to get him help and therapy when alcoholism took over. Henri mostly pursued the arts because his disabilities left him unable to do many of the hobbies men enjoyed doing in that age.

He was a superb painter and later a great poster designer. He is a famous post-impressionist artist, alongside names like Van Gogh. His art was often not taken seriously but the art community but due to his family's standings, he was able to make a career out of it anyway and successfully show his work.

uh yeah I'm boring so here are some awesome paintings and sketches by him: