THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN
 Steinlen "Drawing I"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Untitled"
Original crayon drawing on wove paper, c. 1900
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in image
Image Size:12 1/2"" x 9 1/2"
REF. # 1214
$8,500 |  Steinlen "Femme au Boa"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Femme au Boa"
Etching, drypoint and aquatint, c. 1900
Signed in pencil, lower right
From the edition of 13 total impressions
Image Size: 8" 5/8" x 5 1/2"
REF. #1259
$4,950 |  Steinlen "Trois Portraits"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Trois Portraits"
Original ink drawing, c. 1900
Initialed in ink by the artist
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in image
Provenance: From the atelier of the artist
Image Size: 4" x 2 3/4", 2 1/2" x 2", 4 3/4" x 3"
REF. #1410
$3,950 |
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 Steinlen "Drawing II"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Untitled"
Original crayon drawing on wove paper, c. 1900
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in image
Image Size: 14" x 10"
REF. #1215
$8,500 |  Steinlen "Femme"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Femme"
Original ink drawing, c. 1900
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in image
Provenance: From the atelier of the artist
Image Size: 8" x 11 1/2"
REF. #1525
$9,500 |  Steinlen "Etude"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Etude"
Original crayon drawing, c. 1900
Bears artists monogram stamp in image
Provenance: from the atelier of the artist
Rare
Ref. # 1411
$3,950 |
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 Steinlen "Femme Nue"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Femme Nue"
Original etching, c. 1900
Signed and numbered in pencil
Image Size: 8" x 11 1/2"
REF. #1523
$5,500 |  Steinlen "Mothu and Doria"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Mothu and Doria"
Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #12, 1896. Plate #46
Unframed Size: 11 3/8" x 15 3/4"
REF. #1683
$1,595 |  Steinlen "Le Coupable"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Le Coupable"
Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #34, 1898. Plate #134
Unframed Size: 11 3/8" x 15 3/4"
REF. #1741
$995 |
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 Steinlen "Personnages:"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Personnages"
Original ink drawing, c. 1900
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in image
Provenance: From the atelier of the artist
Image Size: 8" x 11 1/2"
REF. #1520
$4,950 |  Steinlen "Drawing III"Theophile Alexandre Steinlen "Untitled"
Original crayon drawing on wove paper, c. 1900
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in image
Image Size: 10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
REF.# 1216
$8,500 |
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Born in Lausanne, Switzerland on November 10, 1859, he moved permanently to Paris at age 23 and became a French citizen. Steinlen studied art at Lausanne and later became active as a textile designer in Mulhause. In 1882 he arrived in Paris where he worked as an illustrator for the journals Mirliton, Assiette au Beurre, Chat Noir, and Gil Blas, for which he produced over four hundred lithographs. In the early 1890s, Steinlen's paintings of rural landscapes, flowers, and nudes were being shown at the Salon des Indépendants.
Besides illustrating advertisements for a variety of products, Steinlen was famous for his posters of cabaret and music hall performers. His later work for the journals, like that of Toulouse Lautrec, became increasingly satirical and critical of society. His permanent home, Montmartre and its environs was a favorite subject throughout Steinlen's life and he often painted genre scenes of the working class, capturing day-to-day life in Paris with a simple, endearing style. He was very fond of animals, especially cats, and often included them in his posters. He never ceased to draw them in all their activities and moods. Cats figure prominently in some of his most famous works, such as his great poster Pure sterilized milk from the Vingeanne.
Steinlen's 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.
Théophile Steinlen died in 1923 in Paris and was laid to rest in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in Montmartre.