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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

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Painting of two sleeping children in a bed, watched by a woman and man standing close together beside a curtain in dim light.

Les Pauvres gens

1903

Night street dance with flags and lanterns; café patrons in the foreground watch dancing couples in a crowd.

14 juillet

1889

Painting of a sleeping tabby cat curled on a pale cushion beside a dark wooden chair.

Chat sur un fauteuil Catalan: Chat sur un fauteuil

1902

Painting of two sleeping children in a bed, with a woman and man embracing and holding back a curtain beside them.

Les Pauvres gens

1903

Night street dance with tricolor flags and lanterns, with café patrons seated at a table in the foreground.

14 juillet

1889

Night scene of many cats on Montmartre rooftops and hillside under a glowing yellow moon, with windmills in the distance.

L'Apothéose des chats à Montmartre

1885

Decorative panel of a garden with sunflowers, a mother and child, a cat, and a painter at an easel.

The elements

Painting in spectacle-shaped frame of women at a night party, with a glowing orange lantern and city skyline with a dome.

Night party

Three women sew and embroider at a window with a basket of thread and roses, city rooftops visible behind them.

The application of the decoration

À la Bodiniére

1894

Charcoal drawing of three cats curled together in a tight cluster against a hatched background.

The Cats: Tsching, Batzar and Blanc-Blanc

Etching of a stormy sky with slanting light rays over a flat field, a lone walking man, and a farmhouse with trees at right.

Thunder Storm (Temps d'orage)

Lithograph of a crowd of poor people in dark coats queuing at a doorway, with a figure in white at the right.

To the True Poor: The Wicked Rich (Aux vrais pauvres: Les mauvais riches)

1894

Night watercolor of a city street seen from a sixth-floor balcony, with a woman leaning on the railing over lamplit rooftops.

From the Sixth Floor

Charcoal drawing of three men watching a street painter with an easel on his back on a cobbled street.

He Acts Like a Painter

Colored crayon drawing of two seated women on a bench and a standing girl in a red dress, signed Steinlen.

Three Figures

1900s

Etching of a couple huddled on a park bench at night beneath a street lamp and moon.

Lovers on a Bench

Etching of a mother and three children with bundles walking along a wet road as wind bends trees beside them.

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

1915

Etching of a woman with an infant and small child talking to a stooped old man with a walking stick in open fields.

The Distant City (La ville lointaine)

1914

Etching of a tramp with a bundle and staff crossing a field toward a distant village with a church tower.

Tramp with Bundle (Le chemineau a la besace)

1914

Etching of three schoolgirls walking arm in arm in the foreground, with a crowd of children and adults on a city street behin

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

1911

Etching of a huddled family in heavy clothing sitting in snow, with a line of travelers on a distant road under a dark sky.

Exodus (L'exode)

1916

Etching of two standing men with canes conversing near a seated, gaunt bearded man in an open landscape.

Three Companions (Les trois compagnons)

1912

Etching of soldiers in helmets and overcoats walking at night, with a column of small character heads at left.

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

1916

Charcoal-style sketch of a woman embracing a soldier at left as other soldiers with packs and rifles stand waiting nearby.

Seuls quand même

1916

Dark etching of a dense crowd gathered before lit shop windows, some figures holding sheets of paper, by Steinlen.

Street Singers

1902

Sepia print of two nude figures reclining diagonally across the sheet, drawn with loose contour lines.

Two Nude Models

1902

Etching of a black cat crouching with an arched back on a ledge, its tail curling to the right, against a pale background.

Cat Arching Its Back

1898

Sepia etching of three women with upswept hair leaning together, with pedestrians on a street behind them.

Three Working Girls Out for Lunch

1900

Etching of two cats curled together on a cushion, one dark and one light, with fine hatched lines.

Two Cats on a Cushion

1914

Black and white poster of a crowd of men in top hats lit by a raised torch, with printed lecture announcement text on the lef

L'Idée Nouvelle

February 1898

Dark nocturnal street scene with glowing lamps, a bearded man in a top hat in the foreground and dancing women behind him.

Paris, Night

1903

Lithograph of miners in caps walking in a line across a smoky industrial landscape, with a woman in dark dress at left.

Coming out of the mine

1907

Poster of a night street scene with a guitarist and singers holding sheet music, with red lettering reading Chansons de Montm

Chansons de Montmartre

1899

Lithograph of four women in black mourning veils beside a coffin draped with a blue, white and red flag and palm fronds.

Glory

1915

Etching of a crowd of refugees, women and children carrying bundles, walking across a bleak landscape under a dark sky.

Before the Invasion

September 1915

Sepia sketch of a nude woman seated on a stool, bending forward to dry her feet over a basin.

Seated Woman Wiping Her Feet

May 1902

Sepia print of a cat stretched out and reclining on a cushion, head resting on its paws, against a dark background.

Reclining Cat Stretched Out from Left to Right

February 1903

Lithograph of three weary men in coats and caps walking across a muddy, barren landscape, one supporting another.

Three Comrades

1915

Lithograph of three ragged men trudging through a bare landscape, one supporting a weary companion, by Steinlen, 1915.

Three Comrades, plate five from Actualités

1915

Lithograph of an elderly woman with a walking stick beside a seated woman holding a child in a barren landscape.

Serbian Cavalry, First Episode

1916

Lithograph of a peasant family walking with a bearded man carrying a child, a woman, a barefoot girl, and a crowd behind.

Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais

December 1893

Lithograph of a top-hatted gentleman speaking to a shirtless worker with a shovel, while a young girl with a basket stands ne

The Youngest Daughter

January 1894

Ink sketch of seated women and children with a crowd and horse carts in the background, by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen.

Evacuees from Verdun, plate thirty from Actualités

published May 1916

Lithograph of refugees in hats and shawls with a suitcase, turning toward a cloaked figure reaching out to them, 1915.

Refugees from the Meuse

1915

Striped tabby cat with yellow eyes lying on a pink cushion against a grey background, in a 1909 print by Steinlen.

Winter: Cat on a Cushion

1909

Lithograph of a striped tabby cat lying on a wooden railing before a background of leafy foliage in brown tones.

Summer: Cat on a Balustrade

1909

Print of grieving women in black shawls crowding a brick wall, one holding an infant at the center.

The Widows of Courrières

1909

Poster showing a bearded man embracing two children with a sketched woman above, advertising a 1917 art sale for war blind.

Ready to Honor the War Blind

1917

Night street scene in charcoal: two hatted figures walk past a gas lamp beside a stone building and wooden fence.

Rue Caulaincourt

1896

Tabby cat with yellow eyes lying on a pink cushion against a grey background, signed Steinlen.

Winter: Cat on a Cushion (L'hiver: Chat sur un coussin)

Lithograph of three soldiers in heavy coats resting together on a bare, open plain, one slumped against another.

Serbian Cavalry, Second Episode

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

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

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

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 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