He Acts Like a Painter
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
1851 to 1875
Medium
brush and black ink and black crayon
Dimensions
overall: 27.4 x 35.9 cm (10 13/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8043
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...