There are two pieces by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the museum collection. His
cardboard Woman at the Window is a sketch made for the painting “Dance at Le moulin de la Galette.” Gifted with the ability to “read” faces, the artist, without even trying to paint portraits, could feel his model’s personal identity keenly. However, he first created a generalized, typical image. A brilliant graphic artist, Toulouse-Lautrec painted with colorful, sometimes “moving” brush strokes, adding the hue and texture of the cardboard to the general color design. The model for “Woman at the Window” was supposedly Jeanne Fontaine.
cardboard Woman at the Window is a sketch made for the painting “Dance at Le moulin de la Galette.” Gifted with the ability to “read” faces, the artist, without even trying to paint portraits, could feel his model’s personal identity keenly. However, he first created a generalized, typical image. A brilliant graphic artist, Toulouse-Lautrec painted with colorful, sometimes “moving” brush strokes, adding the hue and texture of the cardboard to the general color design. The model for “Woman at the Window” was supposedly Jeanne Fontaine.
