Sketchbook, 1880
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1880 · Sketchbook of drawings containing 47 leaves including both end sheets by the artist. The media are pencil, black grease crayon and occasionally pen and ink and watercolor. Drawings
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About this picture
Sketchbook, 1880 is a public-domain drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, dated 1880. Sketchbook of drawings containing 47 leaves including both end sheets by the artist. The media are pencil, black grease crayon and occasionally pen and ink and watercolor. Drawings. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Sketchbook, 1880” (1880) uses Lautrec’s poster manner: a figure cropped close, a flat patch of color, and the room or the stage only partly shown.
About the artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) painted and printed the nightlife of Montmartre: dancers, cafés, and the Moulin Rouge. The flat color comes from the posters he designed.
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