Justine Dieuh

A woman in a dark blue dress is sitting in a garden or small park-like area below Montmartre’s cemetery. The owner of this garden was Pore Forest, an enthusiastic archer. The garden was open to the public, That is why Lautrec, whose studio was nearby, often came there to paint in the open air. The influence of van Gogh on Lautrec’s developing style as a painter is evident in this portrait. Characteristic of Lautrec’s manner of painting at that time were the long, broad-brush strokes with paint scarcely thinned at all.