However, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was at the time a great revolutionary artist in all the genres he undertook. Despite being considered anti-intellectual during his life, his work vividly captures one of the great extreme creations of contemporary art with great force and intensity. Currently, his paintings are highly valued throughout the world of Fine Arts. They have exercised and exerted a notable influence on plastic artists.
In his style and the essence of his creation, the portentous work of a human being who, condemned by nature to an existence of deformity, knew how to find and recreate a genuine streak of expression, of great love for life and humanity.