Ballet Dancers

Oil on plaster, transferred to canvas, 1885

About this work

Ballet Dancers (1885–86) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Oil on plaster, transferred to canvas.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Post-Impressionist chronicler of Parisian nightlife

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colorful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images.