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Why did Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec rent his own studio in Montmartre?
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Moulin Rouge, oil on canvas by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892ā95; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec rented his own studio in the Montmartre district because he found the atmosphere at the studio of his teacher, Fernand Cormon, to be increasingly restrictive.1
While he initially joined Cormonās studio to develop his skills, he eventually found the academic regimen of copying models to be insufferable. After his attendance at the studio became infrequent, he moved to Montmartre to work independently, focusing primarily on creating portraits of his friends.1