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Cats by Steinlen

Posted on mai 27th, 2008 by claudie.
Categories: culturel, cats, art, COT.

CAT ON TUESDAY

For this COT, my best friend, so calin, Patouf and me we’d like to present you, if you don’t know him still, the famous Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1858-1923) printmaker, who loved particulary cats! He thought cats were the incarnation of the desire and of a life without limits. He made many drawings, lithographs, posters and paintings representing cats after he was used to look at them in Montmartre.

In Paris, Steinlen was befriended by the painter Adolphe Willette who introduced him the artistic crowd at Le Chat Noir that led to his commissions to do poster art for the cabaret owner/entertainer, Aristide Bruant and other commercial enterprises.

Steinlen  was the specialist of cats; he described them in all their fantasy, as players, sleepers or angry! 

The majority of his art continued to explore the life of the poor and humble. Known as “the Millet of the Streets”, Steinlen’s influence was vast. Among other artists both Toulouse-Lautrec and the young Picasso paid direct homage to his art.

Oh!!! It is now 00:57AM! We must go to sleep now because we must wake up at 6 o’clock!

Happy COT! And see us later in the evening!

If you want to see more cats adventures, let’s go by Gattina!

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