Portret van actrice Yvette Guilbert in Dans la Glu

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height 325 mm x width 265 mm

Art Historical Context

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *Portret van actricevette Guilbert in Dans Glu* (1898) is a striking lithograph capturing the iconic French cabaret performer Yvette Guilbert in one of her dramatic roles. Measuring 325 mm high by 265 mm wide, this intimate portrait exemplifies Lautrec's mastery of poster during the Belle Époque, a time when Paris's nightlife pulsed with energy in venues like the Moulin Rouge and music halls. Lautrec, a Post-Impressionist innovator, elevated lithography from mere reproduction to high art, using bold lines, vibrant colors, and psychological insight to immortalize the ...

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...