9/17/2011 @ 12:00

2/19/2012 @ 12:00

Statens Museum for Kunst
Sølvgade 48-50 (4/E1)
Copenhagen, 147

In the autumn of 2011, graphic works of art by the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, can be seen at the gallery. Born into an aristocratic family, the artist was crippled as a child. Having attended a range of art schools he embarked on the project of depicting the entertainment scene then flourishing in bohemian Montmartre in Paris. In his depictions,
Toulouse-Lautrec commented on modern life, often by means of striking effects. Innovative and visually radical, Toulouse-Lautrec’s sharp voyeuristic gaze depict the wildly proliferating world of entertainment with its theatres, circuses, brothels, cafés, and dancehalls.