Bonus: Art Institute


I visited the Art Institute of Chicago last Thursday. This artwork I saw caught my eye while I was visiting there. The artwork is called At the Moulin Rouge. It was made by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The medium for this artwork is Oil on canvas. It was painted from 1892 to 1895. It is 48 inches by 55 inches.

One of the most recognizable features I noticed while looking at this painting was the arbitrary colors. The woman on the lower right is a great example when the arbitrary colors were used on her face. The table on the lower left have a wooden texture. The people were drawn in organic lines. There is a noticeable contrast from light to dark colors on the woman's face I mentioned earlier.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted At the Moulin Rouge to recount the activities going on at the Moulin Rouge. It's noticeable because Toulouse-Lautrec himself is in the painting. Looking at this painting, I was amazed to get a full glance of seeing this awesome looking painting in person at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, I am amazed by how Toulouse-Lautrec used his arbitrary colors in the painting.

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