Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) : A French painter and lithographer, Toulouse-Lautrec was a leading postimpressionist artist. He frequented bars, caberets and whorehouses, painting those with near-expressionist zeal. He used big, garish colors and the flat images of a postermaker (his day job). His paintings were also probably influenced by the absinthe he so dearly loved.