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Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925)

1887
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 817
Grenier and Lautrec were fellow students in the Paris atelier of academic history painter Fernand Cormon during the 1880s and became fast friends: Lautrec even lived briefly with Grenier and his wife, Lili, an actress and model, and made several portrayals of the couple. An inscription on the verso of this portrait indicates that it was painted in Lautrec’s Montmartre studio in the rue Caulaincourt in 1887. He employed thin, watercolor-like washes of pigment, laid over a fine pencil underdrawing, to produce a sensitive character study of his comrade.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925)
  • Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
  • Date: 1887
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 10 in. (34 x 25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978
  • Object Number: 1979.135.14
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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