Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) -- biography
here -- did not quite make it to his 37th birthday, joining a surprisingly long list of artists who died before reaching 40. Had he lived a normal life-span, most of his existing paintings, posters, and other works might have been classed as "early."
Even so, it might interest readers to feature some of his
really early paintings, works completed by the time he was about 25.
As can be seen, he was a proficient artist even as a teenager and capable of competently painting in traditional style. Yet even then, he was experimenting with a more thinly-painted, sketchier manner as can be seen in the first image below done when he was about 18.
Gallery
Young Routy in Céleyan - 1882
Seated Nude - 1882
Academic study - 1883
Gustave-Lucien Dennery - 1883
Portrait of a Young Woman - 1884
Carmen Gaudin - 1885
Suzanne Valadon - ca. 1886
The Laundress - Carmen Gaudin - 1886
Mme. Lili Grenier - 1888
Hélène Vary - 1888
Poudre Riz (Suzanne Valadon) - 1888-89
2 comments:
Of course artistic taste changes over the years. Even in as short a life as Lautrec's.
But how come those paintings are so little recognised?
I hadn't seen most of these...thanks for sharing them.
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