Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre
Biography of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec specifically his depiction of Montmartre in Paris.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is renowned for his paintings and posters inspired by the rowdy, edgy spectacle of entertainment in late nineteenth-century Paris. He found his subjects in the dance halls, cabarets, circuses, and brothels of the Montmartre neighborhood, where middle-class visitors came for a whiff of excitment laced with danger. His images of performers at the Moulin Rouge, Chat Noir, and other fashionable nightspots transformed the poets, singers, and dancers of Montmartre into celebrities. This film traces the relationship between the aristocratic painter and the avant-garde culture of Montmarate, using works of art by Lautrec and his colleagues, rare archival footage and sound recordings, period photographs and interviews with contemporary scholars.
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