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Who was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s first professional painting teacher?
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At the Moulin Rouge, oil on canvas by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892–95; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s first professional painting teacher was René Princeteau, a friend of the artist's family known for his depictions of military and equestrian subjects in a 19th-century academic style.1