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Lautrec lodged with the Greniers for two years. René Grenier was a follow-student of Cormon, a few years older than Lautrec. His wife Lily was a shapely young woman, very much to the taste of her time, as she is well aware. With her flaming red hair, sharp little fang-like teeth, milk-white complexion and tiny freckles, she was very attractive, and she gathered a host of admirers round her.
Although she may not have sat for him, Lautrec painted three portraits of her, the present portrait shows her in a Japanese kimono.
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