Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Paris and his women

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Toulouse-Lautrec Museum: Jewel of Albi

Museum of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - one of the main attractions of the city of Albi (southern France), fits perfectly in its architectural style that is dominated by buildings made of brick. Albi - the artist's hometown, is a local museum has the world's richest collection of paintings by this master. Founded in 1876, the museum moved into the palace Burbo in 1922, thanks to the completion of works, which has generously shared her mother Toulouse-Lautrec, after his death. Here are pictures to this day.

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Large spacious rooms showing visitors the formation and evolution of the artist. The works presented in the museum to fully disclose the work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and at the same time and his psychological profile, which can not be separated from the art. Several self-portraits, made primarily as a caricature sketches convey complex associated with a physical ailment suffered by this genius. As a child he fell off his horse and broke both legs after he almost stopped growing.

Early period of his work by Toulouse-Lautrec strikes striking realism, but not in the sense of flow, and the method of images of life. Without unnecessary embellishment, really - so in 18 years, he sought to convey individuality in each portrait. During these years he also developed a technique of light and shadow, and begins to experiment.

Moving from room to room, you can see how technology has changed and the topics which were accessed by Toulouse-Lautrec. In particular, women from brothels are often featured in his work, since he lived in Montmartre, and was a regular visitor of these institutions. Once again, he proves his skills in the psychological portrait. Each model is fundamentally different experiences. However, despite the deep psychology, the dancers look vulgar and unwelcome. In principle, Toulouse-Lautrec often made objects in the work of disproportionate and at times it seems that the people depicted in portraits of ugly, but the artist himself feels sympathy for them, trying to give the audience the richness of the inner world of his model.

A separate room is devoted to perhaps the most famous artist's works - a theatrical posters for which contemporaries recognized his talent. The bright and lucid work with lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec brought fame and success.

Museum of Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as the city of Albi is remarkable mix of traditional and contemporary harmony with each other. Today, there is a massive reconstruction, which will be completed in 2012. In the near future the museum will close the door to the next year to take a large influx of visitors.

Olga Cheese