The Field Inspector
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen
April 1894
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.3 × 29.9 cm (11 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 42.3 cm (17 13/16 × 16 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51638
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...