In his youth, when the artist tried to find his own style, he often drew family members and pets, while trying not only to transfer the original image to the canvas, but to paint life, movement, sensations, and even the character of the model on the canvas.
In the picture “The artist’s mother, Countess Adele de Toulouse-Lautrec at breakfast,” it is felt that a woman with traces of her former beauty was hardly spoiled by fate, rather, on the contrary, the wilting of youth is associated with sorrows, experiences, and humble bearing of her cross.
From the appearance of a woman it is natural, lack of desire to look spectacular, attractive, she does not seek contact with the viewer, but tries to avoid it.
Some critics believe that in the early paintings, where the artist portrayed Countess Adele, despite the conformity of the style of canvases with the basic canons of impressionism, the young Lautrec was not looking for more than he could see.
Working in the genre of portrait, Lautrec “spared” only the mother, portraying her with tenderness, without a sarcastic grotesque taste.
La mère de l’artiste, la comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec au petit déjeuner – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Madre del artista, condesa Adele de Toulouse-Lautrec en el desayuno – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Jane Avril, a member of the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Portrait of Louis Pascal by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Study for lithography Loyer Fuller in Foli-Ber-jer by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
Count Alfonso de Toulouse-Lautrec governs a team of four horses by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
In the circus of Fernando by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec