The Milliner, Renée Vert
Medium
Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 45.9 × 28.7 cm (18 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50.9 × 32.2 cm (20 1/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
67132
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *The Milliner, Renée Vert* (1893) captures the vibrant spirit of fin-de-siècle Paris through a masterful color lithograph on ivory wove paper. about 46 × 29 cm, this print from the Art Institute of Chicago Prints and Drawings collection showcases the artist's fascination with the everyday glamour of Montmartre's working women. Renée Vert, amaker (milliner), embodies the independent, stylish figures Toulouse-Lautrec often portrayed—part of the bohemian demimonde that fueled Belle Époque nightlife. As a Post-Impressionist innovator, Toulouse-Lautrec revolutionized prin...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1864–1901
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (1864-1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator whose innovative poster designs revolutionized graphic art and advertising in late 19th-century Paris. Born into an aristocratic family at Albi in southern France, Toulouse-Lautrec's privileged lineage traced back to the Counts of Toulouse and extended uninterrupted to th...