Marie-Louise Marsy
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 7/16 in. (39 x 31.6 cm) Image: 11 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (29.5 x 23 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Accession Number
49.55.156
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's *Marie-Louise Mars* (1898) is a striking lithograph portrait capturing the elegance and allure of its namesake, a prominent figure in fin-de-siècle Paris. during the height of the Belle Époque this print exemplifies Lautrec's mastery in depicting the vibrant theater and cabaret world of Montmartre. As a Post-Impressionist innovator, Lautrec transformed the poster and print into high art, using his keen eye for personality and social observation to immortalize performers and personalities like Marsy, likely an actress or model. Rendered in the bold, flattened forms ...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1864–1901
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (1864-1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator whose innovative poster designs revolutionized graphic art and advertising in late 19th-century Paris. Born into an aristocratic family at Albi in southern France, Toulouse-Lautrec's privileged lineage traced back to the Counts of Toulouse and extended uninterrupted to th...