Winter: Cat on a Cushion (L'hiver: Chat sur un coussin)
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
1851 to 1875
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 45 x 57.7 cm (17 11/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lesley Hughes
Accession Number
1986.4.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen · 1859–1923
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...