
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecFrench, 1864–1901May one see it?
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1889
Poster Commission for the Newly Opened Moulin Rouge
With the opening of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec received a commission for a series of posters; the cabaret reserved a table for him and displayed his paintings, and the poster work gave him an income of his own.
1889–1894
Regular Participation in the Salon des Indépendants
From 1889 to 1894 Toulouse-Lautrec took part regularly in the Salon des Indépendants.
1890
A Duel Challenge in Defense of Van Gogh
At the banquet of the Les XX exhibition in Brussels, Lautrec challenged the painter Henry de Groux to a duel after he disparaged Van Gogh's works; de Groux apologized and left the group, and the duel never took place.