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Excerpt from Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec: Au Moulin Rouge , In the Art Institute of Chicago Though Lautrec had sketched his first cabaret subjects in 18 it was not until he discovered the possibilities ree or four years later, that he really found himself. At that moment the Montmartre cabaret was at the height of its fame. The management had shrewdly hired the most popular and eccentric dancers in Paris; along with them appeared famous singers of ballads and sentimental songs. The place was thronged with artists, writers, Bohemians and tourists, and nightly Lautrec had a special table reserved, where he sat, sharply observing and setting down the effects of alcohol and depravity upon the haggard faces of the clientele. Ah, la vie, la vie, he used to mutter as his hand traced the lines of a broken profile or captured, with inimitable swiftness, the splayed and awkward movement of some dancer's leg. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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