Gust of wind
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
February 1905
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image, incl. stray marks: 22.8 × 15.1 cm (9 × 6 in.); Sheet: 28 × 18 cm (11 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49778
About the Artist
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 1859–1923
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, grew up in an environment steeped in artistic influence, with his grandfather serving as a drawing teacher in nearby Vevey. He studied literature at the University of Lausanne before working as a designer trainee in a Mulhouse textile mill. In his early twenties, around 1881, Steinlen married Émilie Mey, and the cou...