Steinlen Cat For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate steinlen cat for your needs in our varied inventory. You’re likely to find the perfect steinlen cat among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 19th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a steinlen cat to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of
beige,
brown,
gray and more. There have been many interesting steinlen cat examples over the years, but those made by
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in
lithograph and
charcoal, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much is a Steinlen Cat?
The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a steinlen cat in our inventory may begin at $750 and can go as high as $16,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,903.
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen for sale on 1stDibs
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen was born in Lausanne in 1859. He was naturalized French in 1901. He was a painter, engraver, illustrator, poster artist and sculptor. Before settling in Paris, he made a detour to Mulhouse where one of his uncles placed him in the studio of one of the best lithographers of the time. He settled definitively in Montmartre in 1881. Willette introduced him to his companions of the Cabaret du Chat-Noir animated by Rodolphe Salis. He met Toulouse-Lautrec, Forain, Léandre, Debussy, Eric Satie, Verlaine, Alphonse Allais and Aristide Bruant. He took part in the performances of the famous cabaret's shadow theater with animal stories and, most often, sequences featuring cats, for which he has a particular affection. The felines will appear throughout his activity as "parentheses" in a tormented work. There is, in this torment, the expression of no personal problem but a painful compassion for the lives of the exploited and marginal beings. He painted and drew idylls, balls and bastrings, workers, kids and gosselin, the poor, the little workers, girls and marlous. He sometimes made posters. In the most successful of them (« Le lait pur de la Vingeanne » et le « Fer Bravais ») he imposed, relevant or not, the presence of cats.
In 1901, Steinlen worked for L'Assiette au beurre , the most virulent satirical newspaper ever published and takes readily to target the institutions of the 3rd Republic.
His works are found in numerous Public Collections, such as Petit Palais in Geneva, Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.