Toulouse-Lautrec (New Horizons S.) [Paperback]

Claire Freches (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Horizons S. | Publication Date: October 3, 1994

Born into a noble French family, but cut off from his own class by an accident which left him with the stunted legs of a child, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec threw himself into the bohemian life of fin-de-siecle Paris. Through the intensity of his artistic vision, this world lives on.

Editorial Reviews

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...late author and noted art critic Federico Zeri's engaging verve and expertise are cast easily within even a novice's grasp... -- Karen A. Wyckoff, ForeWord Magazine, October 2000

Parents wishing to instruct teen-agers about the world's great art works will find this series extremely useful -- Elisabeth Sherwin, The Davis (Calif.) Enterprise, March 4, 2001

The series offers a welcome update to older volumes... -- Sarah Raymond, Professionally Speaking: The Magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers, December 2000

This truly outstanding series, a bargain at $14.95 per book, deserves a place in any private, public, or school library -- Kimberly Hundley, Today's Librarian, November 2000 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd (October 3, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500300488
• ISBN-13: 978-0500300480
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,817,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Tell us more!, June 28, 2011

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Cynthia Snowden (Placitas, New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toulouse-Lautrec: 16 Art Stickers (Dover Art Stickers) (Paperback)

This is not a review of the product, but of the description. I'm looking for some stickers for a certain project, and I'd like to know the size of these stickers. Postage stamps? Full book-sized? [I know this is one of those small Dover books.]
Please understand that dimensions are important!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Photos?, January 23, 2011

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Markri - See all my reviews

This review is from: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901: The Theatre of Life (Basic Art) (Paperback)

I want to buy a book with photos of Lautrec's Moulin Rouge posters. I cannot tell from the review and lack of book info on site whether there are photos in the book. Will not buy.

7 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a crippled genius, July 9, 2004

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I ain't no porn writer (author, "Crippled Dreams") - See all my reviews

This review is from: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901: The Theatre of Life (Basic Art) (Paperback)

Toulouse-Lautrec is my favorite artist. He has always fascinated me the most, both his life and his work. He had one or two accidents as a child where his legs were broken and they stopped growing. As a result, he became a dwarf. This must have created a deep-seated inferiority complex in him that caused him, consciously or unconsciously, to draw unflattering caricatures of his contemporaries. But the drawing style was completely original and his own. He soon became famous for his lithographs or posters depicting entertainers at the Moulin Rouge, etc. He was highly productive but always a heavy drinker and inexhaustible party animal. In fact, it was his frequenting of brothels and romantic friendships with prostitutes that eventually did him in. He caught syphilis, a deadly 19th century venereal disease for which there was no cure in those days. However, he left behind some of the most unique Impressionist paintings of Parisian night-life ever painted.

David Rehak
author of "Love and Madness"