Prostitution in Impressionist painting set up pornographically, the implied gaze of a male spectator intrudes on the scene and becomes central to comprehension of the works' content by the viewer." Toulouse Lautrec was known for his famous paintings of prostitutes. He visited the Moulin Rouge and other cabarets in the district of Montmartre in Paris. He began by just sketching the women but then as time progressed, Lautrec started painting them as well. His paintings were more of a documentary of the life of these woman rather than objectifying them. "La Toilette" (1889) depicts a woman, probably a prostitute, sitting on the floor, surrounded
The Forest in Winter at Sunset (painting) The Forest in Winter at Sunset (painting) The Forest in Winter at Sunset is a mid-19th century oil painting by Théodore Rousseau. The painting, which depicts a forested landscape in wintertime, is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Forest in Winter at Sunset" was painted by French painter Théodore Rousseau between 1846 and 1867. The large painting (described by one source as "monumental") took years for the artist to complete; it was only at the urging of friends that Rousseau finished the scene. Rousseau is widely recognized for his melancholic landscape paintings, which made extensive use