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Bosc Castle
Childhood of Toulouse-Lautrec If
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was born in Albi on the
24 November 1864, he spent his holidays in the Familly
stronghold, Château du Bosc. It was here, in
the lounge, that on the 30 may 1878, he slipped off
a chair breaking his left femur. The following year,
he broke his right femur in ravine. These two falls
together meant that by the age of 15 Lautrec was disabled
and thus headed in the direction of an artistic career.
The family museum contains a wall where the size of
the adults and the children in the family were measured
and marked since 1850. Here we find Lautrec's height
at age 18, in 1882, stopping at 1m52.
His
gifted talent was encouraged by the fact that his
father and uncles after returning from a hunt would
proceed to draw with as much fervour as the fervour
of their chase for game. In relation to the family's
hereditary artistic traits, Lautrec was told "we
all have a yearning for the pencil". This trait
dates back to the end of the XVIII century with the
chevalier du Bosc and still carries on today.Encouraged
and supported in his new pursuits, Lautrec studied
in the classical branch, and worked hard in the Cormon
and the Bonnat studios thereafter. In le Château
du Bosc, you will learn about not about his furious
artist's time in Paris, Moulin Rouge and so on, but
only a about ihis life in Bosc.
You will discover bedroom represents the painter's
childhood featuring his crib, games, puppet theatre
and the boat he made after his first accident. Two
paintings attract your attention: Above the fireplace
there is a painting of Louis-Ignace d'Imbert du Bosc
who was fatally wounded in the Battle of Fontenoy
in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession
between english and french. Famous in France, fot
this sentence : “Messieurs les Anglais, tirez
les premiers.
Château du Bosc : Summer
1896
Château
du Bosc
12800 Naucelle - FRANCE
Tel. : 33 (0)5 65 69 20 83
Fax : 33 (0)5 65 72 00 19
A
Superb Castle This stronghold of the Imbert
du Bosc is a superb castle. It always remained in the hands
of its family members, changed family names with Amédée
who only had daughters, passing on the property to his eldest
daughter Gabrielle (1813-1902) who married Raymond de Toulouse
Lautrec who was known as the "Black Prince" (1812
- 1871). Their eldedst son Alphonse (1838 - 1913), married
his first cousin Adèle Tapie de Celeyran (1841 -
1930), and they were the parents of Henri and Richard (1867
- 1868). Lautrec was thus the heir to Bosc, but due to an
early death - just before turning 37 - the rights were passed
on to his father's sister Alix (1846 - 1918), who married
her first cousin Amédée Tapie de Celeyran,
Adèles brother (1844 - 1925). They had14 children
and the eldest of the painter's first cousins Raoul Tapie
de Celeyran (1868 - 1937) inherited Bosc. Today, its is
a his grand daughter Nicole Tapie de Celeyran who welcomes
you at le Bosc.
And a stronghod against English soldiers and merceneries. During the hundred years war the
region of Rouergue was occupied by the English and became
subject to roadside looting. The building as it stands has
a quadrilateral shape and the closed courtyard is surrounded
by a porch and a crenellated postern. The windows of the
current structure were added during the second half of the
XIXth century. This corresponded with the time that the
old moats were filled.
If
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was born in Albi on the
24 November 1864, he spent his holidays in the Familly
stronghold, Château du Bosc. It was here, in
the lounge, that on the 30 may 1878, he slipped off
a chair breaking his left femur. The following year,
he broke his right femur in ravine. These two falls
together meant that by the age of 15 Lautrec was disabled
and thus headed in the direction of an artistic career.
The family museum contains a wall where the size of
the adults and the children in the family were measured
and marked since 1850. Here we find Lautrec's height
at age 18, in 1882, stopping at 1m52.
His
gifted talent was encouraged by the fact that his
father and uncles after returning from a hunt would
proceed to draw with as much fervour as the fervour
of their chase for game. In relation to the family's
hereditary artistic traits, Lautrec was told "we
all have a yearning for the pencil". This trait
dates back to the end of the XVIII century with the
chevalier du Bosc and still carries on today.Encouraged
and supported in his new pursuits, Lautrec studied
in the classical branch, and worked hard in the Cormon
and the Bonnat studios thereafter. In le Château
du Bosc, you will learn about not about his furious
artist's time in Paris, Moulin Rouge and so on, but
only a about ihis life in Bosc. 
