Watching the Crowd
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
1851 to 1875
Medium
pen and black ink, black chalk and colored crayon
Dimensions
image: 34.2 x 33 cm (13 7/16 x 13 in.) sheet: 45.6 x 35.2 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8050
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...