Art Institute of Chicago
an Elderhostel program on
Toulouse-Lautrec
August 25, 2005
arriving at Union Station by Amtrak
the exhibition
at the Art Institute of Chicago
Greeted by the head of Senior Age
programs in the former
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
learned of Aristide Bruant
on the audio guide tour
of the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition
and May Milton
and of his sketches of the Circus Fernando
click on the thumbnails to see a larger photo of some of his art
learned the way he signed his name on his Lithographs
Ms. Barbara Robertson as Jane Avril
described the life with Toulouse-Lautrec
and who appeared in this paintings of the night clubs
like the Moulin Rouge
saw a video on Toulouse-Lautrec
told of the Japanese influence on the contemporary French painting
by Robin Schnur
and visited the Shop
for mementos of the visit before going home
