Study for In the Salon on the Rue des Moulins
1894 Hammer Museum
About this artwork
This is an oil study depicting two women seated together, created as preparatory work for a larger composition. The figures are rendered with expressive brushstrokes and a dominant, bold use of red.
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This work was a study for Toulouse-Lautrec's major series focusing on the interior life of a Parisian brothel on the Rue des Moulins. Lautrec lived in such establishments for months at a time, documenting the daily existence and quiet, unglamorous moments of the women there with an empathetic and observant eye, moving away from voyeuristic tropes.
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Study for In the Salon on the Rue des Moulins
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894
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