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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

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Gossiping Women

1859

A Wounded Soldier and His Comrade

1916

Charcoal sketch of women in headscarves seated in a tram car, one figure at right holding an accordion.

Riders on the Metro

c. 1890

Pen and blue crayon drawing of five street sweepers in long coats carrying brooms, walking past a wall with chimneys.

Sweepers

1888

Ink drawing of a man in a bowler hat on a rainy night street with lamps and blurred pedestrians behind him.

In Love (Amoureux)

1888

Pencil sketch of tree trunks and dense foliage with curved hatched ground lines in the foreground.

The Forest at Courdemanche

1895

Pen and ink sheet with multiple sketched heads, profiles and small full-length figures in hats and coats.

Studies of Figures and Heads

1859

Poster of a black cat with a red ornamental halo, above French text advertising the Chat Noir company and Rodolphe Salis.

Prochainement la très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir (Poster for the Company of the Black Cat)

1896

Colour etching of two women carrying wicker baskets through a busy cobbled city street with pedestrians behind them.

Twee wasvrouwen met manden op straat

1898

Etching of a smiling elderly woman in a headscarf, hands clasped, set against dark diagonal hatching.

Oude vrouw met hoofddoek

1902

Print of a woman holding an umbrella in heavy rain on a wet city street, with a pink accent at her hem.

Vrouw met paraplu in de regen

1898

Etching of two women carrying boxes on a busy city street at dusk, with a crowd and street lamp behind them.

Twee wandelende vrouwen op straat

1902

Hand-colored etching of two women in long skirts, one holding a baby in pink and the other carrying a child in orange.

Twee moeders met kinderen

1903

Etching of rolling hills with a winding road, trees, and a village with a church steeple on the horizon.

Heuvellandschap

1914

Etching of rolling fields and a winding road leading to a village with a church tower on the horizon.

Landschap in een storm

1914

Night street scene in brown tones with a crowd of helmeted soldiers near an arched doorway, plus small sketches in the lower

Nachtlandschap met groep soldaten

1916

Dark lithographic portrait of a woman with a stern expression, face lit against a shadowed background of hair.

Portret van een vrouw

1896

Lithograph of a glowing female figure raising broken chains above a crowd of people with raised manacled arms.

De bevrijder

1903

Lithograph of three soldiers in long coats trudging across a bleak landscape, one supporting a companion, with bare trees beh

Drie loopgraafsoldaten slepen zich kameraadschappelijk voort

1915

Etching of a mother with a baby and three children walking through puddles on a road, with wind-blown trees beside them.

In the Rain: Mother and Children (Sous la pluie: La mere et les enfants)

1915

Etching of three girls walking arm in arm across a street, with a crowd of children behind them, by Théophile Steinlen.

Girls Coming from School (Gamines sortant de l'ecole)

1911

Etching of a bearded prophet with outstretched arms before a crowd of upturned faces, dark crosshatched background, 1902.

Prophet (Le prophete)

1902

Etching of a rural family: a seated man holding an infant, an elderly woman, and children in a bare landscape.

Poor People (Les pauvres gens)

1914

Etching of huddled, bundled figures with a child on a snowy slope under a dark, windswept sky.

Exodus (L'exode)

1916

Etching of two standing men with walking sticks talking to a seated bearded man across a flat open landscape.

Three Companions (Les trois compagnons)

1912

Etching of soldiers in helmets and greatcoats walking at night, with small portrait studies of faces along the left edge.

Soldiers on Leave - Night Scene (Permissionnaires - Effet de Nuit)

1916

Lithograph of ragged figures in the foreground beside a grand classical building with arched windows and a tower.

Misery and Splendor (Misere et splendeur)

1908

Dark lithograph portrait of a bearded, balding older man turned slightly to the right, lit from the upper left.

Self-Portrait (Steinlen de face, tete droite)

1905

Etching of a peasant woman with an infant, a child at her skirt, and a stooped older man with a cane in open fields.

The Distant City (La ville lointaine)

1914

Etching of a hatted tramp with a bundle walking across a field toward a distant village with a church steeple.

Tramp with Bundle (Le chemineau a la besace)

1914

Etching of a woman in a light blouse facing a dark-coated figure seen from behind, against cross-hatched shadows.

The Encounter (Recontre)

1902

Three women carry laundry through a city street, drawn in warm sepia tones with loose lines.

Return from the Wash House (Retour de lavoir)

1912