Orphans of War
Medium
Lithograph in black over fawn tint on thick off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.1 × 24 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 45.4 × 33.3 cm (17 7/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51576
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...