Toulouse-Lautrec

  • Mini-Post | Toulouse-Lautrec’s Dinner with the Natansons

    Mini-Post | Toulouse-Lautrec’s Dinner with the Natansons

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sketched this when he was being hosted by Thadée and Misia Natanson for dinner. Misia commands the scene in the middle: as one half of the ruling couple of Paris’ intellectual elite, she was painted by many artists and even inspired several characters written by Marcel Proust. She was a wonderful pianist read more

  • The Birth of Modern Life at Musée d’Orsay

    The Birth of Modern Life at Musée d’Orsay

    In the nineteenth century, Paris became the city of modernity. But art, it seemed, needed to catch up – and Baudelaire’s call for artists to paint modern life is truly evident at the d’Orsay. read more

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