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THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923) EXPOSITION DE PEINTURES. 1903. 54 3/4x39 1/8 inches. Wall & Cie., Paris. Condition A-: restored losses and repaired tears along vertical and horizontal folds. Steinlen's second one-man show was held nearly ten years after his first exhibition at La Bodiniere. A comparison of the posters he designed for the exhibitions shows many changes in the artist's outlook over the decade. Beginning in 1900, and lasting through the First World War, Steinlen became more and more politically active and involved, which was reflected in his work. The images on display in 1903 were not the product of a sensitive artist with a penchant for animals, but the work of a committed socialist. Here, in dark tones against an industrial landscape, a workman with a bare chest has put his hammer down to proudly survey the work being accomplished. Staring directly into the light of progress, he appears ready to fight for the victory of social rights. Bargiel 44, Wember 739.
