Monday, September 29, 2008

Steinlen's La Vision de Hugo - Coda

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Images:
1. famous Steinlen Japoniste poster advertising the Chat Noir's tour;
2. bal at Barriere: like a reporter, Steinlen depicts urban life (his style and theme reminds Toulouse-Lautrec and the impressionists);
3. a French soldier on leave with a cane (during WWI Steinlen insisted on his Realist mode; his melodramatic tone - not seen here - was apparently also part of his cause defending).

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