European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Circuit wot Loof rec this Kent the Down cobol from Page tit Hulsman presents Lautrec As a Man of wit and Woven into the narrative Are Many previously unpublished pictures of Lau Trec and his along with dozens of Beautiful color reproductions of Bis extracts from letters and and a Complete Catalon of Lautrec Henri de Toulouse Lautrec was born in Albi in Southern France on childhood Falls crippled his legs and left him stunted for life at about 4 feet walking on his atrophied legs was always a torture for him and he usually used a whose tapping became a familiar sound in he went to Paris to study but there continued to live dutifully with his returning Home every night until he was when his Mother left the French Henri moved to Mont Martre where he lived briefly with friends before finding a he quickly developed a taste for a life of Freedom and became a Well known figure in the despite his he found his greatest Delight in the company of he sought them out in the dance Halls and cabarets and spent hours observing ing and he was o close Friend of Lily who was already nosing at is and become a Model for fellow Painter Edgar then Lautrec had a storm Liaison with Mari Clementine Valadz later known As Suzanne the Mother of Maurice Utrillo and in unusual Model who developed into a first rate Curlist he developed a Friendship with a Little known Singer and composer named Arist Lac Bruant and began illustrating his Bruant displayed Lautrec works in his Lautrec passionately wanted to succeed and eagerly sought commissions for Magazine illustrations and other his first real Success came Hhan he was commissioned to do to poster for the Bui de Moulin a raucous dunce this was he fatuous poster showing the dancer Koulou her real name was Louise Weber but she will go Down in history under her nickname of the Glutton with the top hatted comic dancer Valentin in the overnight Lautrec became famous and the Art of designing posters was revolt the commissions rolled in and Lautrec is work became much sought but in 1897 the hectic Pace of his life began to Tell on his frail although he was Only it began to show signs of age and to lose some of his enthusiasm for lit continued to work through 1100 but in his health began to full More rapidly and on 1901 he not yet blk cover Lautrec drawing of Jane Avril compared with photograph shows Bow he often used pictures in photographic montage of was taken about ism by Maurice pictures and photographs on the cover and on those three pages Aie reprinted from by in Permis Sion of the i the stars and stripes