Nude Study
by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de, Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm
Feelings of sadness an disappointment emanate from this painting, which are to become a leitmotif of Lautrec’s work.
The Nude Study is an evidence of Lautrec’s determination to follow the advice of Bonnat, his master, who owed his allegiance to the academicists and favoured the simple brush stroke, quite in the manner of Ingres.