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Artist in the Global Art Registry

Jean-Louis Forain

1852–1931 · French

Born
1852 · Reims
Died
1931 · Paris

113 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Jean-Louis Forain was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in various media. Compared to many of his Impressionist colleagues, he was more successful during his lifetime, but his reputation is now less exalted.

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Jean-Louis Forain (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lwi fɔʁɛ̃]; 23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph. Compared to many of his Impressionist colleagues, he was more successful during his lifetime, but his reputation is now much less exalted.

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Registered works

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Selected registered works by Jean-Louis Forain

Selected from 113 works by Jean-Louis Forain in the Collect24 Registry.

Jean Louis Forain, Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)

Jean Louis Forain

Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto), late 1800s

Charcoal with black ink framing lines

32.4 × 24.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-215035

Jean Louis Forain, Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto); Right Profile of Man Wearing Tall Hat (verso)

Jean Louis Forain

Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto); Right Profile of Man Wearing Tall Hat (verso), probably late 1800s

Charcoal with black ink framing lines (recto); charcoal (verso)

32.4 × 24.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-215021

Jean Louis Forain, En herre i høj hat i samtale med to kvinder

Jean Louis Forain

En herre i høj hat i samtale med to kvinder, 1852-1931

Blyant på gulnet papir

22.3 × 18.1 cm

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

C24-324910

Jean Louis Forain, En herre i høj hat i samtale med to kvinder

Jean Louis Forain

En herre i høj hat i samtale med to kvinder, 1852-1931

Blyant på gulnet papir

22.3 × 18.1 cm

SMK – National Gallery of Denmark

C24-324817

Jean Louis Forain, At the Stock Exchange

Jean Louis Forain

At the Stock Exchange, c. 1900

lithograph

45 × 62.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-307341

Jean Louis Forain, Courtesan (recto) Figure Sketches (verso)

Jean Louis Forain

Courtesan (recto) Figure Sketches (verso), 1906

black, red, and white chalk; framing lines in black chalk

25.2 × 21.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-229323

Jean Louis Forain, Reconquered Territory (recto) Two Figures on a Road (verso)

Jean Louis Forain

Reconquered Territory (recto) Two Figures on a Road (verso), c. 1919

black wash and watercolor over black crayon

37 × 53.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-223561

Jean Louis Forain, Reconquered Territory (recto)

Jean Louis Forain

Reconquered Territory (recto), c. 1919

black wash and watercolor over black crayon

37 × 53.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-224141

Jean Louis Forain, There is corn in the sea!

Jean Louis Forain

There is corn in the sea!, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

brush and black ink and watercolor over black crayon

37 × 53.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-1103612

Jean Louis Forain, Devastated Land (recto); Figures in a Landscape (verso)

Jean Louis Forain

Devastated Land (recto); Figures in a Landscape (verso), c. 1919

gray wash, watercolor, and gouache

37.6 × 53.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-1102132

Jean Louis Forain, The Café of the New Athens

Jean Louis Forain

The Café of the New Athens, c. 1876

etching

25.1 × 18 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-292733

Jean Louis Forain, The Slavery in the North

Jean Louis Forain

The Slavery in the North, fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

black crayon, gouache, and watercolor

37.3 × 52.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-225470

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