... physical life that a normal body would have permitted, Toulouse-Lautrec lived completely for his art. He dwelt in the Montmartre section of Paris, the center of the cabaret entertainment and bohemian life that he loved to depict in his work. Dance halls and nightclubs, racetracks, prostitutes - all these were memorialized on canvas. He pictured the underbelly of society in a real, true ... ...

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... in Barcelona in 1895 and so Pablo moved. The following year saw Pablo becoming a pupil at the academy after passing his exams with top marks. He became a member of the bohemian group and exhibited his work in the Café Els Quatre Gats. This was a crucial point in his early artistic development. At the age of 15, Picasso was admitted to ... ...

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... World War I raging in Europe, he volunteered for the French-based Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service. He spent time in Paris upon his arrival and was completely charmed by the city's bohemian atmosphere and abundance of art and artists. He was particularly impressed by the sketches of Pablo Picasso, whose cubist techniques later helped shape much of his work. Because of a misunderstanding ... ...

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