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Bonnat tells me, 'Your painting isn't bad, it is chic, but even so it isn't bad, but your drawing is absolutely atrocious.' So I must gather my courage and start once again.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Age: 36 †
Born: 1864
Born: November 24
Died: 1901
Died: September 9
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