Death Anniversary: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — September 9, 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died on 9 September 1901, at thirty-six, consumed by alcohol and illness, on the family estate. In a very short life he had produced hundreds of paintings, drawings and posters that changed the art of advertising and illustration for good. His influence runs right through twentieth-century graphic design. The anniversary marks a scorching talent and the ability to make the margins of society the subject of art.