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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, frequently referred to as just
Steinlen (
November 10,
1859 –
December 13,
1923), was a
Swiss-born
French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker.
Biography
Born in
Lausanne, Steinlen studied at the
local University before taking a job as a designer trainee at a textile mill in
Mulhouse in eastern France. In his early twenties he was still developing his skills as a painter when he and his new wife were encouraged by the painter
François Bocion to move to the artistic community in the
Montmartre Quarter of
Paris. Once there, Steinlen was befriended by the painter
Adolphe Willette who introduced him the artistic crowd at
Le Chat Noir that led to his commissions to do
poster art for the cabaret owner/entertainer,
Aristide Bruant and other commercial enterprises.
In the early 1890s, Steinlen's paintings of rural landscapes, flowers, and nudes were being shown at the
Salon des Indépendants. His 1895
lithograph titled
Les Chanteurs des Rues was the frontispiece to a work entitled
Chansons de Montmartre published by
Éditions Flammarion with sixteen original lithographs that illustrated the
Belle Epoque songs of
Paul Delmet. His permanent home, Montmartre and its environs was a favorite subject throughout Steinlen's life and he often painted scenes of some of the harsher aspects of life in the area. In addition to paintings and drawings, he also did sculpture on a limited basis, most notably figures of cats that he'd great affection for as seen in many of his paintings.
Steinlen became a regular contributor to
Le Rire and
Gil Blas magazines plus numerous other publications including
L'Assiette au Beurre and
Les Humouristes, a short-lived magazine he and a dozen other artists jointly founded in 1911. Between 1883 and 1920, he produced hundreds of illustrations, a number of which were done under a pseudonym so as to avoid political problems due to their harsh criticisms of societal ills.
Théophile Steinlen died in 1923 in Paris and was laid to rest in the
Cimetière Saint-Vincent in Montmartre. Today, his works can be found at many important museums around the world including at the
Hermitage Museum in
St. Petersburg,
Russia. and the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C.,
United States.
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