Lovers on a Bench
Medium
Soft ground etching, aquatint and etching in warm black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 35.1 × 50.3 cm (13 7/8 × 19 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 61.5 cm (17 7/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49584
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...