Yeon- Lautrec- Personal History

BIRTH/ FAMILY

Birth name Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa

Born(1864-11-24) 24 November 1864, in an elegant family home, Chateau du Bosc

Died 9 September 1901 (aged 36)

Nationality French

Father: Count Alphonse de Toulouse Lautrec- used to spend time in the studio doing little sculptures and drawings
Mother: Countess Adele nee Tapie de Celeyran- quick to perceive her son to be a painter

PHYSICAL DEFORMITY

- suffered from a number of congenital health conditions attributed to this tradition of inbreeding. (parents were first cousins)
- handicapped by physical injury he suffered in childhood

• fractured left thigh bone by falling off chair 30, May 1878
• broke his right thigh bone the following year at a spa

developed an adult-sized torso, while retaining his child-sized legs, which were 0.70 m (27.5 in) long

“His bone structure was so fragile that he suffered two fractures within a yr of each other, first his left and then his right thigh bone, after minor falls.” (written by his father, Count Alphonse)

As a child, suffered personal tragedy that cut him off from aristocratic society even though born in noble family

Drawn instead to decadent night of turn-of-the-century Paris in search of beauty, love, happiness