The Milliner (La Modiste - Renée Vert)
1893
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1893
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Milliner (La Modiste - Renée Vert) is a 1893 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You're looking at a lithograph print of a woman sitting at a table. The woman is dressed in a long, flowing skirt and a blouse with puffy sleeves. She's holding a hat in her hands, and there's a menu on the table in front of her. The menu is written in French, and it lists various dishes like potatoes, radishes, and desserts. The woman's face is turned away from the viewer, and her hair is styled in an updo. The overall atmosphere of the print is one of elegance and refinement. The artist who created this print was a master of lithography. If you want to learn more about the technique of lithography, you should check it out next.
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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