The Sofa, c.1894-96

ID: #38762 | Postimpressionism | Portraits

Date: 1894
Medium: oil on cardboard
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Dimensions: 62.9 x 81

Toulouse-Lautrec painted picture The Sofa, c.1894-96 in 1894. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is landscape. Original size is 62.9 x 81. This art piece is located in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). His full was name Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa. French painter, illustrator and printer. His work includes paintings and hundreds of posters. It is renowned for its elegance and provocativeness. Together with Cézanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, he was one of the most famous painters of Post-Impressionism. He suffered health problems (a rare genetic disorder is named after him). He warded of depression and gloom with alcohol, to which he was addicted. In twenty years, he painted 737 paintings, 5084 drawings and sketches and hundreds of posters. He was influenced by Impressionism - especially Manet and Degas. He was a master of group paintings from the artistic scene, nightlife, bars and cafés. He painted expressions and attitudes of the characters in the paintings with great detail and used contours and long brush strokes.