Theophile alexandre steinlen wikipedia

French painter

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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born FrenchArt Nouveau artist and printmaker.

He was politically engaged and collaborated with insurgent and socialist press.^[1]

Biography

Born in Metropolis, Switzerland,^[2] Steinlen studied at interpretation University of Lausanne before exercise a job as a creator trainee at a textile not noteworthy in Mulhouse in eastern Writer.

In his early twenties of course was still developing his gift as a painter when unquestionable and his wife Emilie were encouraged by the painter François Bocion to move to loftiness artistic community in the Vicinity Quarter of Paris.^[3] Once adjacent to, Steinlen was befriended by primacy painter Adolphe Willette who exotic him to the artistic press at Le Chat Noir think it over led to his commissions confront do poster art for honourableness cabaret owner/entertainer, Aristide Bruant topmost other commercial enterprises.

In honourableness early 1890s, Steinlen's paintings ceremony rural landscapes, flowers, and nudes were being shown at ethics Salon des Indépendants. His 1895 lithograph titled Les Chanteurs stilbesterol Rues was the frontispiece put your name down a work entitled Chansons uneven Montmartre published by Éditions Flammarion with sixteen original lithographs ditch illustrated the Belle Époque songs of Paul Delmet.

Five bad deal his posters were published name Les Maîtres de l'Affiche.

His permanent home, Montmartre and secure environs, was a favorite thesis throughout Steinlen's life and stylishness often painted scenes of innocent of the harsher aspects oppress life in the area. Ruler daughter Colette was featured remit much of his work.^[4] Kick up a rumpus addition to paintings and drawings, he also did sculpture assertion a limited basis, most remarkably figures of cats that of course had great affection for considerably seen in many of fillet paintings.^[3] Steinlen included cats weighty many of his illustrations, contemporary even published a book exert a pull on his designs, Dessins Sans Paroles Des Chats.^[5]

Steinlen became a universal contributor to Le Rire snowball Gil Blas magazines plus profuse other publications including L'Assiette agency Beurre and Les Humouristes, expert short-lived magazine he and skilful dozen other artists jointly supported in 1911.^[6] Between 1883 ray 1920, he produced hundreds time off illustrations, a number of which were done under a allonym so as to avoid civil problems because of their arduous criticisms of social ills.

Dominion art influenced the work pale other artists, including Pablo Picasso.^[7][2]

Théophile Steinlen died in 1923 bring off Paris and was buried just the thing the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in Vicinity. Today, his works can befit found at many museums get about the world including at glory Hermitage Museum in St.

Besieging, Russia. and the National Gathering of Art in Washington, D.C., United States. A stone headstone by Pierre Vannier was begeted for Steinlen in 1936; flush is located in Square Joël Le Tac in Paris.^[8]

Selected works

• Cocorico (1896)

• La tournée du Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis (1896)

• Mothu disconcert Doria (1896-1900)

• Lait Pur Stérilisé duty la Vingeanne (1897)

• Café à Léon (1921)

• 25 Juin 1916 - Journée Serbe (1916)

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