Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Helène Vary (detail), 1889, Gouache, 74,5 x 49 cm. Kunsthalle Bremen. Photo: © Lars Lohrisch / Kunsthalle Bremen

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.- The exhibition devoted to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm next spring is the first comprehensive presentation of the French artist in Sweden for forty years. The exhibition will include some 200 items: drawings, posters and oil paintings. We meet a small but highly imposing artist who abandoned a life in aristocratic circles to spend his days among the bohemian pleasures of Montmartre, portraying the people he met there. His works will be on view at the Nationalmuseum from 21 February to 25 May 2008.

The entire Parisian entertainment world of the late 19th century seems to have been preserved in Toulouse-Lautrec's pictures from the restaurants and cafés, dance halls and theatres. He is particularly associated with the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub where, for a number of years around 1890, he spent almost every evening recording individuals and events in his sketchbook.

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