南フランスのアルビで伯爵家に生まれました。生まれつき骨が弱かったと考えられており、10代のとき、別々の事故で左右の太ももの骨を折りました。その後、脚はほとんど伸びなくなりました。パリのモンマルトルに住み、キャバレー「ムーラン・ルージュ」の踊り子や歌手、客たちをいきいきと描きます。浮世絵に学んだ大胆な形と平らな色のポスターは町じゅうの話題になりました。36歳で亡くなりました。
Toulouse-Lautrec was born into a noble family in Albi, southern France. He is thought to have had weak bones from birth. As a teenager, he broke both thigh bones in two separate accidents, and after that his legs hardly grew. He lived in Montmartre, Paris, and painted the dancers, singers and guests of cabarets like the Moulin Rouge. His posters, with bold shapes and flat colors learned from Japanese prints, became the talk of the city. He died at 36.
