Toulouse-Lautrec became fascinated by the nightlife in Paris, particularly prostitutes. Through the 1890s, he spent more and more time painting everyday scenes of life in the official brothels, the maisons fermée. In 1892 he was commissioned to produce paintings for the salon at a brothel nous-mêmes the venelle d'Ambroise [fr]. http://erwinp118nrs5.izrablog.com/profile