The Musée Toulouse-Lautrec is an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership, be accessible to all, or have restrictions in place. Although ...

Albi Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department, on the river Tarn (river), Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ...

, southern

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, dedicated mainly to the work of the painter

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Count, ''Comte'' Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colour ...

who was born in Albi. The 13th-century building was originally the palace of the bishop of Albi Cathedral, which is next to the museum. Both are part of a

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The Bishop's Palace

The Bishop's Palace, or Palais épiscopal de la Berbi, was originally the residence of the bishop of Albi Cathedral, located next to the museum. It is included in the same UNESCO historical site as the cathedral. The Bishop's palace was begun before the Cathedral itself, by Bishop Durand de Beaucaire (bishop from 1228–1254). It was built with the features of a fortress during the period when the Catholic Church was at war with the a heretical sect called the Cathars, which originated in

. Bishop de Combret, the next resident, further fortified his palace by connecting it to the Cathedral tower, twenty-five meters away. He added bastions and a machicoulis over the entrance, to drop heavy objects or boiling water on any attackers. The next owner, Bishop De Castanet, built a new wall around it and added Saint Catherine tower, which he linked to one of the towers of the cathedral. Later Bishops modified the palace by adding a new residence, a chapel and a French-style garden. and filled the interior with mosaics and art. In 1905, when the Cathedral and its properties were officially nationalised, and the Palace was given to the city of Albi for use as a museum. (Albi) La tour Saint-Michel et la cour d'honneur du palais de la Berbie.jpg, Palais de la Berbie, home of the Toulouse-Lautrec museum Albi, Palais de la Berbie.jpg, Exterior of the Palais de la Berbie Garden of the Palais de la Berbie 06.jpg, The garden of the Palais de la Berbie

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In 1922 the museum received an important collection of works by

, donated by his mother. The collection includes his last painting, ''Examination at the School of Medicine'', from 1901. The museum houses over a thousand works by and about Toulouse-Lautrec. It is based on a donation by Toulouse-Lautrec's mother after his death in 1901. (Albi) Au Salon de la rue des Moulins - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1894 MTL.inv180 (small).jpg, ''Salon in the Rue des Moulins'' by Toulouse-Lautrec (1894) (Albi) Musée Toulouse-Lautrec - Portrait de Toulouse Lautrec, à Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, chez les Natanson (1898) - Edouard Vuillard.jpg, '' Toulouse-Lautrec Cooking'' (1898), by

Édouard Vuillard Jean-Édouard Vuillard (; 11 November 186821 June 1940) was a French painter, decorative artist, and printmaker. From 1891 through 1900, Vuillard was a member of the avant garde artistic group Les Nabis, creating paintings that assembled areas ...

Get lautrec 1901 examination at faculty of medicine.jpg, ''Examination at the Faculty of Medicine'' (1901), last painting by Toulouse-Lautrec

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The Bishop's Palace

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