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Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) is an anarchist artist, painter, engraver, illustrator, poster designer and Swiss sculptor, naturalized French in 1901. Originally from Germany, the Steinlen family had been admitted to the bourgeoisie of Vevey in 1831.
Steinlen prefers drawing and pastel to depict daily life in the street and its small trades and also develops an engraved work, taking up the same themes as his drawings, or mixing politics with them. But it is above all his posters that are at the origin of his popularity. He collaborated with various humorous newspapers such as Gil Blas, L'Assiette au Beurre, Le Rire and Les Humoristes, which he founded in 1911 with Jean-Louis Forain and Charles Léandre. 67255309
