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 Artist at Work one critic, this signifies that his painting has turned to writing. 1. William F. Birdsall. Albert Camus's Jonas, or the Artist at Work: Deciphering a Painting, Solving a Contradiction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275968728_Albert_Camus'_Jonas_or_the_Artist_at_Work_Deciphering_a_Painting_Solving_a_Contradiction. 3. William F. Birdsall. Albert Camus's Jonas, or the Artist at Work: Deciphering a Painting, Solving a Contradiction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275968728_Albert_Camus'_Jonas_or_the_Artist_at_Work_Deciphering_a_Painting_Solving_a_Contradiction. The Artist at Work "The Artist at Work" ("Jonas, ou l'artiste au travail") is a short story by the French writer Albert Camus from "Exile and the Kingdom" ("L'Exil et le royaume"). It has been described as "a satirical commentary on Camus’ personal experience among the Paris intellectual elite of the