Steinlen, Théophile
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| Birthname | Théophile Alexandre Steinlen | ||||
| born on | 10 November 1859 | ||||
| Place | Lausanne, Switzerland, 46n31, 6e38 | ||||
| Timezone | BMT m7e2630 (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   17°34'  
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Biography
Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. Steinlen studied at the University of Lausanne 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 wife Emilie were encouraged by the painter François Bocion to move to the artistic community in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris. In the early 1890s, Steinlen's paintings of rural landscapes, flowers, and nudes were being shown at the Salon des Indépendants.
Steinlen included cats in many of his illustrations, and even published a book of his designs, Dessins Sans Paroles Des Chats.
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.
Théophile Steinlen died on 13 December 1923 at age 64 in Paris and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in Montmartre.
Events
Source Notes
Taeger, Hans-Heinrich, volume 3.
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Commercial artist (Graphic designer, illustrator)
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Painting, drawing)