From brothels to galleries: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s iconic prints on view in Soho

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a contradiction incarnate—an aristocrat of decay, a chronicler of ecstasy, and a genius whose frailty sharpened his perception of life’s most urgent truths.

To encounter his work is to confront not the prettified myth of the Belle Époque, but the pulse beneath its velvet glove—the Paris of smoke, sweat, and laughter echoing through Montmartre’s cabarets. His life and legacy form a thesis on the radical power of observation, the elevation of the marginalized, and the alchemy of transforming human imperfection into immortal art.

Selected works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec are currently on view at Park West Gallery, Soho—an opportunity to experience the genius of an artist whose line forever blurred the boundary between the sensual and the sacred, the fleeting