# At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère), in Post-Impressionism

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted this in 1888, aged 24. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

From the museum's label:

> One of Toulouse-Lautrec’s favorite haunts was the Cirque Fernando, also the subject of his large painting, Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando) . Like many of the artists in his circle, Toulouse-Lautrec experimented with styles and materials beyond easel painting.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

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## The work

- Date: 1888
- Medium: Oil on vellum
- Dimensions: Diam.: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010.413
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec), French, 1864–1901

Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic family in Albi; after two leg fractures in his teens his legs stopped growing, and he turned to art.

8 works in the collection.

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