Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Earlier we said the lives of famous artists rarely make the most exciting reading. This is not necessarily true for all famous artists, of course. One exception to the "artists-are-boring" rule is Count Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa. For one thing being born into the landed aristocracy, he was never a starving artist. Secondly, his family encouraged his interest in art. And thirdly, he was such a wild and crazy artist that you might want to read his most recent biography which was published in 1994. But if that's too much trouble, you can read un peu plus about "Monsieur" Henri (or Henry as he sometimes spelled it), if you just click here.