Tuesday
Nov242009
Small Giant
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:00
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the Post-Impressionist artist who is probably best known for his sympathetic renderings of unusual people in their everyday activities, was born today in 1864, in the commune of Albi in Southern France. Though he stood only about 5 feet tall, Toulouse-Lautrec was not afflicted with Dwarfism--he suffered from breaks in both of his thighs as a teen and neither of these fractures healed properly, leaving his legs stunted while the upper part of his body grew normally. Toulouse-Lautrec was a giant among artists, however, and was quite prolific, creating 737 works on canvas and another 5,000 or so drawings.
Toulouse-Lautrec died at the age of 36.
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