Fille de Ferme
Medium
pen and black ink and colored crayon
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 43.9 x 32.4 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8045
Art Historical Context
**Fille de Ferme (Farm Girl), 1896** Théophile Alexandre Steinlen's *Fille de Ferme* captures the simple grace of rural life in late 19th-century France. Created in 1896, this drawing depicts a young farm girl, rendered with Steinlen's signature empathy for everyday people. Measuring approximately 43.9 x 32.4 cm, it belongs to the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection highlighting the artist's prowess in intimate portraiture. Steinlen, a Swiss-born artist active in Paris's Montmartre during the Belle Époque, was renowned for his illustrations in magazines like *Gil Blas* and posters...
About the Artist
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
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...