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Toulouse-Lautrec became fascinated by the nightlife in Paris, particularly sex workers. Through the 1890s, he spent more and more time painting everyday scenes of life in the official brothels, the maisons closes. In 1892, he was commissioned to produce paintings for the salon at a brothel on the rue d'Ambroise. He spent time observing the brothel, its residents and visitors, while they worked and at quieter moments, and made sixteen portraits of the sex workers. These paintings demonstrate a close and intimate observation and compassion towards the subjects, without any sense of sensationalism or voyeurism.

Matte paintings were used before the dawn of competent computer graphics to simulate a larger/more dramatic/exotic location than can be achieved in a film studio. Paint was directly applied to glass, which then sat between the camera and the actors (leaving a clear section to capture them).

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Main image 'Storm Clouds Over Criffel Hill, Solway'

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Above 'Mountain Mist, Isle of Skye'

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Above 'Morning light, Scottish Highlands'

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Above 'Sunset Silloth on Solway'

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Above 'Sunset Silloth on Solway'

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Above 'Sunset Outer Hebrides'

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Above 'Storm clouds over Isle of Harris Scotland'

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Above 'Mountain mist Isle of Skye'

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Above 'Luskentyre Beach Isle of Harris'

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Above 'After the Storm, Isle of Skye'

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Above 'Evening Reflections, Western Isles'

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Above 'Autumn Mist, Isle of Skye'

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Above 'After the Storm, Isle of Skye'

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