Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
France 1864 – 1901
54.0 (h) x 44.5 (w) cm
Reference: Dortu P.258 Tate Bequeathed by Arthur Jeffress 1961
Emile Bernard and Lautrec became friends while studying together at the Atelier Cormon. Bernard was expelled after experimenting with colour theory. In this portrait Lautrec adopts a light, bright palette applied with feathery brush strokes, perhaps influenced by the newly developed Pointillist movement. The work signals Lautrec’s growing skill in depicting character, capturing the youthful but determined qualities of his stylishly dressed bohemian friend. Shortly after this portrait was painted, Bernard met Paul Gauguin in Pont-Aven, where they later set up an artist’s colony.
Emile Bernard and Lautrec became friends while studying together at the Atelier Cormon. Bernard was expelled after experimenting with colour theory. In this portrait Lautrec adopts a light, bright palette applied with feathery brush strokes, perhaps influenced by the newly developed Pointillist movement. The work signals Lautrec’s growing skill in depicting character, capturing the youthful but determined qualities of his stylishly dressed bohemian friend. Shortly after this portrait was painted, Bernard met Paul Gauguin in Pont-Aven, where they later set up an artist’s colony.
Emile Bernard and Lautrec became friends while studying together at the Atelier Cormon. Bernard was expelled after experimenting with colour theory. In this portrait Lautrec adopts a light, bright palette applied with feathery brush strokes, perhaps influenced by the newly developed Pointillist movement. The work signals Lautrec’s growing skill in depicting character, capturing the youthful but determined qualities of his stylishly dressed bohemian friend. Shortly after this portrait was painted, Bernard met Paul Gauguin in Pont-Aven, where they later set up an artist’s colony.
