The Coastal Bus Company

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, an aristocratic, alcoholic dwarf known for his louche lifestyle, created art that was inseparable from his legendary life. His career lasted just over a decade and coincided with two major developments in late nineteenth-century Paris: the birth of modern printmaking and the explosion of nightlife culture. Lautrec's posters promoted Montmartre entertainers as celebrities, and elevated the popular medium of the advertising lithograph to the realm of high art. Though he died tragically young (at age thirty-six) due to complications from alcoholism and syphilis, his influence was long-lasting. It’s fair to say that without Lautrec, there would be no Andy Warhol.