Watching the Crowd
1851 to 1875
Medium
pen and black ink, black chalk and colored crayon
Dimensions
image: 34.2 x 33 cm (13 7/16 x 13 in.) sheet: 45.6 x 35.2 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8050
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...