When Justin BUA was first learning how to draw as a young man, there were many artists from different eras and countries who inspired him and caught his eye - one of them being the famous French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec was a brilliant draughtsman, painter, technician, and compositionist who came out of France's Post-Modernist period, which was lasted from 1886-1914.   

Post-Modernist paintings are characterized by their use of bright color, thick paint, distinctive lines, and using real-life subject matter. Toulouse-Lautrec was famous for capturing people in their natural environments, and his treatment of his subjects has been described as "sympathetic and dispassionate". Much like BUA, Toulouse-Lautrec also painted scenes of the underground.