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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