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Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest

1889–91
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 817
From 1889 to 1891, Lautrec experimented with the plein-air approach of the Impressionists, producing a group of studies showing figures set against the foliage in the garden of Monsieur (Père) Forest, his neighbor in the Paris district of Montmartre. Lautrec referred to these self-imposed exercises in technique as "impositions," for which friends as well as models posed. The clothes and hairstyle of this sitter suggest that she is a working-class woman.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest
  • Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
  • Date: 1889–91
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 21 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (55.6 x 46.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975
  • Object Number: 1976.201.15
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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