# Bareback Rider at the Cirque Fernando [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 100 x 161 cm ## Commentary The Fernando Circus had its pitch on the Boulevard Rochechouart. In 1894 it was redesigned as a theatre. Included among its regular guests were Lautrec, and also Degas, Renoir and Seurat, who decorated the rooms with their paintings. This painting is the first undisputed masterpiece by Lautrec. It is innovatory in its choice of colours as in its organisation of space, with a diagonal line dividing the scene into two halves. As a composition it is equally remote from the Academy and from the Impressionists. Lautrec's painting was exhibited in the foyer of the Moulin Rouge from October 1889, therefore it is likely that it inspired Seurat famous last painting, The Circus which also features a bareback rider from the Fernando. ## 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]()