While I enjoy making a series of paintings about one place or subject for days at a stretch, I hop from one to another quite frequently (You've probably noticed it if you follow my daily painting blog).  I've been working on Albi, a town in the southwest of France, in the last several days, but I don't think I should move on to a next place without mentioning Albi's most famous person, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Quite a few visitors to the red town (Albi La Rouge) are fans of this artist from the Post-Impressionist period and they head to the Museum built in his name.  Although the museum was crowded on the day I was there, I found myself alone standing in front of the Toulouse-Lautrec family house.  It is still there, on a narrow alley near the town center.  Born into an aristocratic family, he was often ill and lived a very short life.

Today's painting is a street where Toulouse-Lautrec's life began in 1864.  I painted it as a tribute to this artist whose legacy still touches us.


  

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born here (house on the left) in Albi.


Albi, France V

A larger image of this painting is available on request.

Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 11.5 x 8.25 in. (on 12 x 9 in. paper)
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