Girls Coming from School (Gamines sortant de l'ecole)
Medium
etching (copper)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8022
Art Historical Context
**Girls Coming from School (Gamines sortant de l'école)**, a delicate 1911 etching by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, captures the lively innocence of Parisian schoolgirls emerging from class. Steinlen, a Swiss-born artist who thrived in fin-de-siècle Montmartre, was renowned for his empathetic portrayals of working-class life, children, and urban vignettes. His style blended Realism with Art Nouveau influences, often highlighting the charm and struggles of everyday folk amid Belle Époque Paris. Rendered on a copper plate, this print exemplifies etching's precision: acid etches fine lines into ...
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...