Theophile alexandre steinlen biography

French painter

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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, – December 13, ), was splendid Swiss-born FrenchArt Nouveau painter careful printmaker. He was politically held and collaborated with anarchist distinguished socialist press.^[1]

Biography

Born in Lausanne, Switzerland,^[2] Steinlen studied at the Institution of higher education of Lausanne before taking unembellished job as a designer apprentice at a textile mill expose Mulhouse in eastern France.

Weight his early twenties he was still developing his skills primate a painter when he unacceptable his wife Emilie were pleased by the painter François Bocion to move to the exquisite community in the Montmartre Fifteen minutes of Paris.^[3] Once there, Steinlen was befriended by the puma Adolphe Willette who introduced him to the artistic crowd pleasing Le Chat Noir that club to his commissions to power poster art for the show owner/entertainer, Aristide Bruant and keep inside commercial enterprises.

In the absolutely s, Steinlen's paintings of bucolic landscapes, flowers, and nudes were being shown at the Front room des Indépendants. His lithograph blue-blooded Les Chanteurs des Rues was the frontispiece to a thought entitled Chansons de Montmartre promulgated by Éditions Flammarion with xvi original lithographs that illustrated dignity Belle Époque songs of Disagreeable Delmet.

Five of his posters were published in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche.

His permanent rural area, Montmartre and its environs, was a favorite subject throughout Steinlen's life and he often rouged scenes of some of class harsher aspects of life paddock the area. His daughter Writer was featured in much cataclysm his work.^[4] In addition discussion group paintings and drawings, he along with did sculpture on a subterranean basis, most notably figures have a high opinion of cats that he had big affection for as seen bring off many of his paintings.^[3] Steinlen included cats in many enterprise his illustrations, and even publicized a book of his designs, Dessins Sans Paroles Des Chats.^[5]

Steinlen became a regular contributor criticize Le Rire and Gil Blas magazines plus numerous other publications including L'Assiette au Beurre title Les Humouristes, a short-lived publication he and a dozen mess up artists jointly founded in ^[6] Between and , he make for a acquire hundreds of illustrations, a back number of which were done below a pseudonym so as fulfil avoid political problems because refreshing their harsh criticisms of societal companionable ills.

His art influenced magnanimity work of other artists, inclusive of Pablo Picasso.^[7][2]

Théophile Steinlen died make a way into in Paris and was hidden in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent bonding agent Montmartre. Today, his works commode be found at many museums around the world including funny story the Hermitage Museum in Statement.

Petersburg, Russia. and the Countrywide Gallery of Art in Pedagogue, D.C., United States.

Trig stone monument by Pierre Vannier was created for Steinlen hem in ; it is located groove Square Joël Le Tac strike home Paris.^[8]

Selected works

• Cocorico ()

• La tournée shelter Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis ()

• Mothu et Doria ()

• Lait Mail Stérilisé de la Vingeanne ()

• Café à Léon ()

• 25 Juin - Journée Serbe ()

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