Description
Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec are universal icons of art, but what about the women who were their muses? Beginning with Renoir, we’ll explore the Impressionist’s love affair with his spouse Aline, from his first acknowledged representation of her as the young coquette in The Luncheon of the Boating Party to mature wife and mother. Next, we’ll focus on the often troubled romance between Toulouse-Lautrec and his model Suzanne Valadon (who also posed for the Impressionists), through a series of his canvases done in the Paris of the Belle Epoque. (For a related class, see #354.)