Death Pangs of the Artist

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A winged skeleton has seized a painter lying in bed and lifts him up in the air

The death pangs of the artist.

Artist

Name:: Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Dates:: 1859-1923
Countries:: France, Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Chansons rouges
Author:: Boukay, Maurice (Charles-Maurice Couyba)
Publisher:: Paris: Ernest Flammarion, n.d. [1896]
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A winged skeleton has seized a painter who was lying in bed with his brushes and palette, and lifts him up in the air.

The caption reads in the original French: L’agonie de l’artiste.

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