Winter: Cat on a Cushion (L'hiver: Chat sur un coussin)
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
1851 to 1875
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 45 x 57.7 cm (17 11/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lesley Hughes
Accession Number
1986.4.1
About the Artist
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
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...