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Henride Toulousse-Lautrec and Milton Glaser. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and
Milton Glaser The two artists which I have chosen to research ...
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Milton Glaser
The two artists which I have chosen to research are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from the first generation, and Milton Glaser, who is considered a contemporary. There are two reasons for me choosing these artists for my paper, the first being that my concentration is in the Graphic Arts and the work of these two artists is one that as the Graphic Arts community as well as I, respect the most. The second reason is that there has always been a debate in the fine arts community of whether or not commercial art can be considered fine art. Personally, as a student of the graphic arts, I do not believe that all print material is fine art, even some of the good stuff. I also do not believe that every painting that is painted, nor every sculpture that is sculpted is fine art either, including some of the good stuff. I do, however, believe that some of the work by these two artists can be considered, or has been considered a true art by the fine arts populace.
The first artist on my list is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I have chosen him because he is considered to be a pioneer of the graphic arts. His posters like “La Goulue at The Moulin Rouge” (see Image 1) or his advertisement for the famous songstress Jane Avril, (see Image 2) paved the way for all modern poster-art. (Polasek 1972, 44) He was the first to turn the poster into a signal that needed no explanation or text. Toulouse- Lautrec understood the modern need for publicity, and turned it into an art. (Polasek 1972, 44)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s life has always cast a shadow on his work. It seems that when people speak of Toulouse- Lautrec, there is an immediate fixation on his disfiguration, or his bad health, or his harsh life living in the Montmartre Cabarets1. What people don’t usually talk about is how Lautrec came from an old noble French family. He comes from a family of counts who served their...
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