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

Nude Study

1883
Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

Feelings of sadness an disappointment emanate from this painting, which are to become a leitmotif of Lautrec's work.

The Nude Study is an evidence of Lautrec's determination to follow the advice of Bonnat, his master, who owed his allegiance to the academicists and favoured the simple brush stroke, quite in the manner of Ingres.




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