# Moulin de la Galette, in Post-Impressionism

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted this in 1889, aged 25. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

From the museum's label:

> With this painting of the dance hall known as the Moulin de la Galette, Toulouse-Lautrec established his reputation as the chronicler of the Montmartre district’s famed nightlife.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

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## The work

- Date: 1889
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 88.5 × 101.3 cm (35 7/8 × 39 5/8 in.); Framed: 109.3 × 123.2 × 12.1 cm (43 × 48 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.458
- 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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