Colorful Posters Series 2

This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.

Our inspiration: Compagnie Française des
Chocolats et des Thès
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French, b. Switzerland,
1859–1923)
Color lithograph, 31 5/16 x 23 1/2 in., 1895
Gift of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, 1941   41.12.19

An illustrator and poster artist, Steinlen’s flamboyant imagery invites comparison with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, his neighbor in Paris. At the age of 21, Steinlen moved to Paris in 1881, settling in Montmartre, an area in the north of the city where many artists lived. Following the 1881 lifting of censorship in France and the passing of the Law on the Freedom of the Press, journals, periodicals, newspapers, and public posters flourished. Steinlen is best known for
his lithographic posters from the 1890s.