1895
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Bust of Mademoiselle Lender is a 1895 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a woman's face in the painting. She's looking straight at you with a confident expression. The artist was clearly interested in her, as he made several portraits of her that year. The subject of the painting, Marcelle Lender, was a famous actress at the time. She was performing in an operetta called Chilpéric, which the artist attended many times. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)
Toulouse-Lautrec made several portraits of the actress Marcelle Lender at the height of her stardom in 1895 when she was featured in the operetta Chilpéric--libretto and music by Hervé--performed at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris. The artist attended the production on more than 20 occasions, arriving just in time to see the final bolero in which Lender’s multilayered skirts created an explosion of bright pink and green tulle as she danced. With the fuchsia flowers and green cape, Toulouse-Lautrec evoked the performance that helped win Lender acclaim.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: ), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator.
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