
Not particularly worried about the moral component of his behavior, not limited to any framework, Lautrec for several days “stuck” in brothels, not only indulging in carnal pleasures, but also fixing the smallest details of the life and life of its inhabitants.
Here he is his own, no different from the vicious maidens, the same cripple, but only with physical disabilities.
The work “Two girls in bed” is one of the pictures that convey the scene from the “non-working” time of prostitutes. It is clear that these are vicious relations that are not normal to the human nature, but they may be more sincere, at least, at least free ones.
Lautrec in no way created a chronicle of prostitution, did not idealize free love, so he painted the life of these women outside the “working” environment, emphasizing that they are, above all, people.
The girl in the corset by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The artist’s mother, Countess Adele de Toulouse-Lautrec at breakfast by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Salon in Moulin Street by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Clowness Sha-Yu-Kao by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Red Rose by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
May Belfort by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The brothel owners by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec