Artwork
La Cimetière de Busk
La Cimetière de Busk is a print by the Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It dates from 1898 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
La Cimetière de Busk is a 1898 print by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, capturing a nocturnal graveyard scene.
Subject & Meaning
The work depicts a figure amidst tombstones under moonlight, reflecting Toulouse-Lautrec's fascination with the margins of Parisian society. The somber atmosphere evokes the city's underworld.
Technique & Style
Toulouse-Lautrec employed lithography to achieve a somber mood through dark colors and shadows, while detailed rendering of the graveyard's architecture adds depth.
Context
The print is part of a series documenting the gritty realism of late 19th-century urban life, a theme consistent with Toulouse-Lautrec's documentation of bohemian and theatrical Paris.
Artist & collection
Artist
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: ), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator.
