24 November 1864-November 24, 2014 

"As it were small, ugly, paradoxical, singular throughout, Parisians, always quick to judge men only by the appearance, you are made of Toulouse-Lautrec an idea brief, a schema.

He was a prisoner of a formula. The words GNOME, dwarf, Bohemian Montmartre, are turned out by Sun under the pen of necrologisti, and expressed only one side of this nature has been misunderstood, in spite of the many misfortunes, noble-hearted as he was by birth. "

(L.n. Baragnon, Obituary, in "La Dépeche", September 9, 1901)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in Albi, in the French region of the Pyrenees, 150 years ago, on 24 November 1864.

He was one of the greatest artists of art history of all times and died at the age of 37 years.

We recall, without adding anything to the images of some of his most famous paintings.

 

 

 

Google also celebrates the anniversary with a lovely doodle.