TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de
(b. 1864, Albi, d. 1901, Château Malromé, Langon)

Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec, the Artist's Mother at Breakfast in Malromé Château

1881-83
Oil on canvas, 94 x 81 cm
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

Lautrec's mother, Countess Adèle-Zoë-Marie-Marquette Tapié de Céleyran (1841-1930), came from an old family from the Aude province. The two families, Toulouse-Lautrec and Céleyran, had been interrelated since the 18th century. Adèle married her cousin, Count Alphonse-Charles-Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa. After the birth of their second child the couple separated and, after her divorce, Adèle lived at Malromé Château where the portrait was painted.




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