Possibly the most ickle of all artists, Henri's legs stopped growing when he was a wee lad, while his torso grew to be adult-sized. No one can quite agree why this happened. Some say it was an equestrian accident, or a freaky disease, while still others   assert it was due to inbreeding among the quasi-aristocratic Lautrecs. Henri lived in an ickle room in a whorehouse, painting the very un-ickle whores there as well as the dancers at the Moulin Rouge. When I was ickle, I used to go to the museum and stare at his "At The Moulin Rouge" (1895) and wonder, "Why is that lady's face green?" SJ

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