"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

24 November 2025

Happy Birthday, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec, La Chaîne Simpson, 1896


In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in this newness. They are deceiving themselves; novelty is seldom the essential. This has to do with one thing only; making a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, born on this day in 1864

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