Word: viaud
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Paul Viaud as an Admiral is the last canvas that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ever worked on-and it is a far cry from his usual coquettes and dancing girls. Viaud was a family friend hired by the Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec to look after her deformed son and keep him away from the bottle. It proved an impossible task. But Lautrec seems to have appreciated Viaud's efforts, and slaved away at his portrait until too weak to stand upright on his maimed legs. It was still unfinished when Lautrec died...