Museums in Paris: Grand Palais #1 (Part 2 of 2)

Our visit to the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition at the Grand Palais continues.

Here are more of Toulouse-Lautrec’s paintings.

If you look closely at the painting above, you will see that Toulouse-Lautrec painted himself into the scene (background, center-left, short man, round hat).

Jean-Claude was fascinated by the face of the two women in the painting above.  Below are closeups.  The second face is especially haunting and poignant.

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Another of Toulouse-Lautrec's famous posters was La Goulue.

La Baraque de la Goulue et le Bal Almées by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1895)

The spectators above (left to right) are Félix Fénéon, Toulouse-Lautrec himself, Jane Avril, and Oscar Wilde.  It's an interesting image of the pals hanging out together.

Below is a portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec painted by his friend Edouard Vuillard near the end of Toulouse-Lautrec's life. 

The two paintings below depict singer Yvette Guilbert.

After seeing the stylistic depictions of Guibert, take a look at the more flattering depiction by another artist below.

Jean-Claude was intrigued by the small fellow in the corner of the painting.  

Below, Toulouse-Lautrec painted famed dancer Loïe Fuller.  Fuller was known for the Danse du Lys ("Dance of the Lily") dance.  She twisted and turned in a free-flowing gown and held sticks to help flip the folds of the gown high in the air.  

La Loïe Fuller aux Folies-Bergère (1893)

Below is a frame from a film of the same dancer and dance.

Jean Claude's favorite work in the exhibition appears below.  In Paris, Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent Van Gogh took paintings lessons together and exhibited together.  

Thanks for viewing the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition at the Grand Palais with us.