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Dancer Seated on a Pink Divan
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec1884
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memphis, United States
Details
- Title: Dancer Seated on a Pink Divan
- Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Creator Lifespan: 1864 - 1901
- Creator Nationality: French
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Malromé, France
- Creator Birth Place: Albi, France
- Date: 1884
- Physical Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches
- Description: In 1882, the teenaged Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec settled in Montmartre, Paris’ main entertainment district, where artists like Edgar Degas and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes had already established studios. Despite his young age and small stature, Toulouse-Laturec quickly became a regular at the neighborhood’s many cafés and dance halls, drawing inspiration from the music and theatre there for his colorful canvases. Painted when the artist was a mere twenty years old, Dancer Seated on a Pink Divan reveals the important role Edgar Degas played in Toulouse-Lautrec’s career. The subject, a young ballerina waiting to perform, and quickly-executed style of the painting reveal Degas’, as well as Jean-Louis Forain’s, heavy influence. The dancer’s forthright gaze and casual pose accentuate her individuality and typify the bohemian lifestyle of Montmartre. Over the next few years, Lautrec continued to study ballerinas and would develop a more independent style, more flamboyant than his predecessor, but this early interest in the ballet would prove hugely important in the career of an artist who never tired of examining the spectacle of Parisian entertainment in the late nineteenth century.
- Provenance: Gift of Sara Lee Corporation
- Type: Oil paintings
- Rights: Dixon Gallery and Gardens. For Terms and Conditions for use of this image please contact the Registrar at 901-761-5250.
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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