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A Man on a City Street, Surrounded by Children (Un Père)

A Man on a City Street, Surrounded by Children (Un Père) by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Medium

black and blue crayon on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 32.2 x 24 cm (12 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.) image: 26.2 x 18.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.223

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen · 18591923

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, hailed from a family with artistic roots; his grandfather, Christian Gottlieb Steinlen, was a painter and draftsman. After two years studying theology at the University of Lausanne, he trained in industrial ornamental drawing in Mulhouse under Schoenhaupt and worked as a designer trainee at a textile mill. Encourage...

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