Impressive Artwork by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

French post-Impressionist artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec created 737 paintings, 275 watercolors, 363 prints, and 5,084 drawings during this artistic career.

In Bed is the title of a series of paintings that depicted women in bed.

In the Bois de Boulogne was created in 1901 and is an oil-on-canvas. It depicts a scene in the Paris park Bois de Boulogne. A woman is seated, dressed in a light-colored dress with a hat that has a yellow brim. The brushwork is loose and expressive, which was a characteristic of the Post-Impressionist style that emphasizes the artist’s emotional response to the scene rather than a literal depiction.

An examination at the Faculty of Medicine was completed between the beginning of May and the end of July 1891. A few months before Lautrec died from complications of alcoholism and syphilis. The painting depicts Lautrec’s cousin, Gabriel Tapie de Celeyra, taking an oral exam for his medical degree.

La Goulue Arriving at the Moulin Rouge is an artwork depicting La Goulue, the nickname of a woman named Louise Weber, a popular dancer at the Moulin Rouge. With her are her sister and her lover as they enter the Parisian cabaret. Lautrec considered this painting to be his best artwork of all in the Moulin Rouge series.

The Laundress, or La Blanchisseuse, is an artwork that depicts the so-called “washerwoman.” This was a popular subject in France because these were women who also worked as prostitutes. In this painting, a sex worker named Carmen Gaudin was the model. This artwork was bought by an anonymous buyer for $22.4 million in 2005.

The Marble Polisher is an early artwork created by Lautrec. It was painted at the time when he was studying with popular French artist Fernand Cormon. The artist used a remarkable technique on this painting, and it shows he was also studying the human anatomy. He used loose brushstrokes and also broken ones, which were characteristic of Impressionist artists.

At the Moulin Rouge is a large and popular painting depicting the interior of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris. In this artwork, the artist included a self-portrait, standing in front of a very tall man in the background. The other people are several known dancers and friends of the artist.

At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance was the second painting the artist created in a series of paintings depicting the popular cabaret Moulin Rouge in Paris, France. The establishment opened its doors in 1889, and Lautrec became one of the best customers. This artwork depicts a famous can-can dancer teaching a new dancer. The artist added many people he knew in the background, including his father and the owner of the venue.

The Portrait de Suzanne Valadon depicts the famous female French artist, Suzanne Valadon. She was the first female painter that was accepted at the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was a friend of Lautrec, and they both enjoyed time together spent in the Montmartre district of Paris.

The Salon de la Rue des Moulins depicts the interior of the brothel on Rue d’Amboise in Paris. The girls are waiting for customers, among them a woman named Mireille, in the foreground. She was a favorite of the artist when he visited there.

La Toilette is an artwork depicting a red-haired woman sitting in a bathtub. Stripped to the waist, she is completing her bath. The painting depicts a domestic scene of a woman sitting on a plain towel or sheet over a dark rug on the bare floorboards. She is largely undressed, with a bare back, arms, and head, hair tied back, and a bare right thigh visible. A swathe of plain fabric is wrapped around her waist, with a black boot or stocking on her right lower leg. Other clothing is draped over a chair to the left.