Portrait of a Milliner, 49.5×61cm, 1900, Albi Toulouse-Lautrec Museum. His final striking portrait, painted to prove his sanity after a breakdown in 1899, is highly acclaimed and evocative.
Portrait of a Woman Making Hats, 49.5×61 cm, 1900, held in the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi. This is Toulouse-Lautrec's last distinctive portrait, painted in 1899 after his mental breakdown and hospitalization to prove he was not insane; it is also his most acclaimed work, imbued with profound feeling. Under dim lighting, fluid lines shape a sensual figure with a melancholic, contemplative expression, metaphorically reflecting the artist's hesitation and introspection regarding his body and life, with death looming on the horizon (Toulouse-Lautrec died the following year). Particularly under the mysterious contrast of light and shadow, heavy silhouettes create an unreal atmosphere and space for imagination.
