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At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1888

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DETAILS
Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Date
1888
Medium
Oil on vellum
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Diam.: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Collection
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Culture
France
Credit line
Patterson/Taylor Acquisition Fund; Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Patterson Endowment Fund
ART MOVEMENTS
Post-Impressionism
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THE ARTIST

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1864–1901 · France

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the aristocratic artist of fin-de-siècle Paris, immortalized the vibrant, often scandalous, life of Montmartre's cabarets and brothels.

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A Woman Walking in a Garden Same era · 1870s–1900s A Woman Walking in a Garden Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · Frans Buffa & sons A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1870s–1900s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago Madame Léon Clapisson Same era · 1870s–1900s Madame Léon Clapisson Léon-Victor Dupré · 1883 · Art Institute of Chicago Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1870s–1900s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago Still Life with Crayfish Same era · 1870s–1900s Still Life with Crayfish Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig Arlésiennes (Mistral) Same era · 1870s–1900s Arlésiennes (Mistral) Paul Gauguin · 1888 · Art Institute of Chicago Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Same era · 1870s–1900s Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Paul Cézanne · 1888 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cows Drinking at a Pool Same era · 1870s–1900s Cows Drinking at a Pool William Hart · 1886 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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