Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was widely recognized in the avant-garde media for his artistic work. But not in the pretentious academic world. He was not despised, but his works did not achieve critics recognition. Not until the last century were his works recognized in the areas that regulate culture and civilization.
During his life, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec endured the furious attacks of his father, who always minimized him as a man and an artist, despising all his work. However, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was at the time a great revolutionary artist in all the genres he undertook. Despite being considered anti-intellectual during his life, his work vividly captures one of the great extreme creations of contemporary art with great force and intensity. Currently, his paintings are highly valued throughout the world of Fine Arts. They have exercised and exerted a notable influence on plastic artists.
In his style and the essence of his creation, the portentous work of a human being who, condemned by nature to an existence of deformity, knew how to find and recreate a genuine streak of expression, of great love for life and humanity.