Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy website Toulouse-Lautrec. La ville lumière
april 10, 2019 - Villa Reale Monza

Toulouse-Lautrec. La ville lumière

Paris, late 19th century: bohemian life, the artists of Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, theatres, satirical magazines, and prostitutes. Such is the fascinating world of #toulouselautrec, a genius best known for his advertising posters and portraits of figures who shaped an epoch, leaving a lasting mark on the collective imagination.

Offering a glimpse of bohémienne Paris, and taking visitors back in time, are posters, lithographs, sketches, illustrations and watercolours, along with videos, photographs and period interiors.

Among the most famous works featured in the exhibition are colour lithographs (such as Jane Avril, 1893), advertising posters (such as The Passenger of Cabin 54 of 1895 and Aristide Bruant in his Cabaret of 1893), pencil and ink drawings, commercial sketches and magazine illustrations (such as La Revue blanche of 1895) which have become a symbol of an age indissolubly bound up with the images produced by Viscount Henri de #toulouselautrec.

The Villa Reale in Monza

The Royal Villa of #monza has been open to the public for the past five years, after a careful and challenging restoration that lasted 25 months. The state of disrepair in which most of the Villa lay concealed a marvellous treasure, which is now drawing large numbers of visitors interested in its history and exhibitions.

Further information in the press release to download