Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
While he was alive, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec made a living off his art, but not his paintings. Though he was a trained painter, he was commissioned by the Moulin Rouge to make posters for them. Other painters saw the posters as crass and commercial and Toulouse-Latrec received no respect for them. After his death, his mother had to pay to organize an exhibit of his paintings. That exhibit, however, brought his work the recognition it deserved. He is now one of the most well-respected Post-Impressionist painters.