I think this video perfectly demonstrates the chaos I sometimes (OK, most of the time) see/feel in my head. You have to watch the whole thing to truly get the chaos.
If you've seen the movie then you know that the final scenes are about living the Bohemian lifestyle. On another interesting note Nichole Kidman took vocal lessons for this film and it is her voice throughout the entire movie. I digress...
As cruel as this may sound - thank goodness that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the product of inbreeding and broke a leg as a child. If none of this ever happened he may have grown up a normal boy riding horses and doing manly traditional things. Thank goodness he was able to see his real talent for art. He was an aristocrat drawn to the Bohemian lifestyle found in the Montmartre district of Paris. A rebel with a cause and my kinda guy. I had no idea exactly what Le Chat Noir was until this movie. I thought it was another brilliant French Art Nouveau poster found in my Aunts house (she has lots of them). For this district of Paris it was a nightclub where patrons sat at tables and drank while being entertained by a variety show on stage. It was a place where artists could 'be among their own'. Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso to name well, two, used to visit. Lautrec's posters were also displayed. While studying under Cormon and roaming the streets looking for subjects to sketch/paint Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (purportedly courtesy of his friends) and sketched her. He was also commissioned to produce a series of posters for the Moulin Rouge. To compare Mr. Bing and Monsieur Lautrec... Mr. Bing is commercialism and Lautrec fine art. Big business and bohemia bohemia. Oh to have lived in that era, partied at the Moulin Rouge. The works capture the vibrance of the era immaculately.
As cruel as this may sound - thank goodness that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the product of inbreeding and broke a leg as a child. If none of this ever happened he may have grown up a normal boy riding horses and doing manly traditional things. Thank goodness he was able to see his real talent for art. He was an aristocrat drawn to the Bohemian lifestyle found in the Montmartre district of Paris. A rebel with a cause and my kinda guy. I had no idea exactly what Le Chat Noir was until this movie. I thought it was another brilliant French Art Nouveau poster found in my Aunts house (she has lots of them). For this district of Paris it was a nightclub where patrons sat at tables and drank while being entertained by a variety show on stage. It was a place where artists could 'be among their own'. Artists like Van Gogh, Picasso to name well, two, used to visit. Lautrec's posters were also displayed. While studying under Cormon and roaming the streets looking for subjects to sketch/paint Lautrec had his first encounter with a prostitute (purportedly courtesy of his friends) and sketched her. He was also commissioned to produce a series of posters for the Moulin Rouge. To compare Mr. Bing and Monsieur Lautrec... Mr. Bing is commercialism and Lautrec fine art. Big business and bohemia bohemia. Oh to have lived in that era, partied at the Moulin Rouge. The works capture the vibrance of the era immaculately.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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| Lautrec's Prostitute, a woman rumored to be called Marie-Charlotte. |
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| A sketch of you know who at Chat Noir |
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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in “Chilpéric,” 1895 - 1896 |
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Nude Woman Seated on a Divan (1882)
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Also interestingly enough about Moulin Rouge "Satine" (sp) had tuberculosis and died. Tuberculosis was fairly rampant during that time.
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