Carmen Gaudin in the Artist’s Studio (1888). Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Oil on canvas. MFA, Boston.
Also known as The Redhead with a White Blouse. Lautrec was soon to become a leader of a circle of artists who congregated in the neighborhood of Montmartre, a group including van Gogh and Emile Bernard. After he left Paris, van Gogh would comment on the difference between his sunburnt peasants painted in the south of France and the powdered complexions of Lautrec’s Parisian women.