Do not miss the last weekend of the exhibition on Steinlen. Exceptionally free take the opportunity to discover the secrets of this artist followed by a beautiful conference. As part of the 2022 cultural program, the Château d'Auvers is presenting a monographic exhibition dedicated to artist Théophile Alexandre Steinlen entitled «Les Jardins secrets de Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923), de Montmartre à la vallée de l'Oise» and continues its desire to enhance the artists of the impressionist movement and their contemporaries, enriching the knowledge of the artistic center of the Oise valley. On the occasion of the exhibition, the Château d'Auvers invites you to rediscover the work of this major artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in turn, painter, engraver and poster artist. If he owes his fame to his poster of the Tour of the Black Cat (1896), Steinlen, painter of the felines, also addressed a wide variety of subjects including street scenes, portraits and caricatures, not to mention his numerous illustrations for newspapers such as the Mirliton or the Butter Plate.
From his studio in Montmartre to the Oise valley, the representation of the landscapes crossed also occupies an important place in his work. This exhibition allows you to rediscover the places that Steinlen cherished, from the alleys of the Montmartre hill, to the views of Paris and its suburbs, to the green hills of Vexin, without forgetting his trip to Norway. Like Claude Monet, Alexandre Théophile Steinlen also draws his inspiration from his garden of Jouy-le-Moutier, whose paths he designs, which he cultivates and draws tirelessly… This exhibition will unveil, with new works, the painter’s landscapes and interior, and will also present the characters of his artistic circle such as Aristide Bruant, Georges Clemenceau and Anatole France. and its intimacy, in the heart of the Oise valley.
The exhibition benefits from exceptional loans from private collectors and the Daubigny Museum of Auvers-sur-Oise.