Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec was an impressionist and then post-impressionist painter who became famous for his many portraits of prostitutes and dancers in the late 19th century. He created posters for the Moulin Rouge and Le Chat Noir. His style was an immediate sensation and influenced many other painters of his generation. Today, Toulouse-Lautrec is considered a forerunner, as he was the first to pave the way for abstraction.