From 17 October 2017 to 18 February 2018, Palazzo Reale in Milan will celebrate Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) with a major monographic exhibition that will highlight his entire artistic development and traits of extraordinary modernity.
The exhibition project, divided into several thematic sections, to celebrate Toulouse-Lautrec in Milan, will lead the visitor to the exhibition which will open in mid-October at Palazzo Reale to understand the charm and artistic importance of the bohemian painter who, without ever adhering to a school, was able to build a new and provocative realism, an extreme synthesis of form, color and movement.
The stylistic evolution of the author, of aristocratic origins but a witness of the Paris of slums and brothels, will be outlined in all its stages of maturation, from painting to graphics, with particular regard for his profound knowledge of Japanese prints and for the passion for photography.
Over 250 works by Toulouse-Lautrec will be on display, with no less than 35 paintings, as well as lithographs, etchings and the complete series of all 22 posters made by the 'cursed' artist, coming from the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi and from important international museums and collections such as the Tate Modern in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the MASP (Museu de Arte in São Paulo), and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris, to mention only the main lenders, and from various historical private collections.
The exhibition, curated by Danièle Devynck (director of the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum in Albi) and Claudia Zevi, is promoted and produced by the Municipality of Milan-Culture, by Palazzo Reale, by Giunti Arte Mostre Musei and by Electa, with the Musée Toulouse -Lautrec of Albi and the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA) of Paris.
Cover image (detail) – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Etude de nu. Femme assise sur un divan, 1882, Oil on canvas, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France
