The Hour of Departure, plate twenty-six from Actualités

The Hour of Departure, plate twenty-six from Actualités by Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

Medium

Lithograph in black over fawn tint on thick off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 50.3 × 34 cm (19 13/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Sheet: 57 × 38.5 cm (22 1/2 × 15 3/16 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

51693

About the Artist

Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 18591923

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...

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