The Passionate Vitality of Paris; The Moulin Rouge; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Celebrates Time and Place. Remembered by Novelists and the Film Industry, This Artist's Works Will Be Shown at Southfield's Park West Beginning 8/24/01.

PR Newswire | August 22, 2001 | Copyright

WHO: Lautrec was the archetypal bohemian artist of the belle epoque, the last decade of the nineteenth century, when Paris flaunted its song, dance, sports, and fashion. As a child, Henri was weak and often sick. But by the time he was ten years old he had begun to draw and paint. At age twelve Toulouse-Lautrec broke his left leg and at fourteen his right leg. The bones did not heal properly, and his legs ceased to grow. He reached maturity with a body trunk of normal size but with abnormally short legs. He was only 4 1/2 feet (1.5 meters) tall. Deprived of the ...

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