The Postman (Joseph-Étienne Roulin) abstract Creator: Kawase Hasui

Creator: Kawase Hasui

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Ernst Haeckel drew these colonial polyps — tiny relatives of jellyfish and coral — as branching

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker

Steinlen was befriended by the painter Adolphe Willette who introduced him to the artistic crowd at Le Chat Noir that led to his commissions to do poster art for the cabaret owner/entertainer

The Postman (Joseph-Étienne Roulin) abstract Creator: Kawase HasuiVincent van Gogh probably met Joseph tienne Roulin, a postman at the Arles train station in the South of France, when the artist rented a room above the nearby Caf de la Gare. The two shared similar left leaning political views and became close friends; in fact it was Roulin who cared for Van Gogh during his hospital stay in nearby Saint Rmy. Van Gogh painted six portraits of Roulin between 1888 and 1889 as well as several of Roulin's wife and