For the first time ever, the Kunstmuseum Bern will be juxtaposing the work of the world-famous French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) with the photography of his time. It will be confronting his paintings, drawings, lithographs, and posters with contemporary photographs that contain the same or very similar motifs, often having in fact served the artist as models for his work. Read more.
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Misia Natanson am Flügel (1897), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Kunstmuseum Bern, Schenkung Hilde Thannhauser
Misia Natanson am Flügel (1899), Edouard Vuillard. Paris, Archives Vuillard
Hélène Vary in Profile (1888), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec © Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi – Tarn – France
The model Hélène Vary in Profile (1888), Francois Gauzi. Private collection
Lautrec with the hat and boa of Jane Avril (c. 1892), Maurice Guibert © Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi – Tarn – France
Poster for Jane Avril (1899), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Private collection
In Bed (1892), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Private collection
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