# The Milliner, Mlle Louise Blouet [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on wood, 61 x 49 cm ## Commentary The glittering world of fashion played a dominant role in Paris in the late nineteenth century. Through his friends, Lautrec was introduced to the milliners of the Rue de la Paix. They wanted to distract him from alcohol, but Lautrec was not drawn to the artificial world of fashion and the affected grace of the mannequins. Through his friend Adolphe Albert he was introduced to Renée Vert, who ran a hat shop, and it was only as a favour to her that he painted a few pictures set in the millinery milieu. This portrait shows Louise Blouet, one of her employees. ## Related artworks - [A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette]() - [Admiral Viaud]() - [After the Meal]() - [Alfred la Guigne]() - [Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant]() - [Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant]() - [An Examination at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris]() - [At the Circus: Horse and Monkes Dressage]() - [At the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue and her Sister]() - [At the Moulin Rouge or The Promenade]() - [At the Moulin Rouge]() - [At the Moulin Rouge]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()