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Jean-Louis Forain

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Painting of a man with a cane speaking to a seated woman in green gown, with ballet dancers and top-hatted men behind them.

In the Wings

1899

Watercolor and ink sketch of a woman in a blue gown with a fan beside two men in top hats on a red floor.

At the Theater

1870

Watercolor of a woman in a red jacket riding a brown horse, with a shepherdess holding a staff in a grassy field.

Woman on Horseback and Shepherdess

1880

Loose watercolor and pen sketch of a woman in white beside a seated man in a dark suit in an interior.

Untitled (In the Dressing Room)

1870

Watercolor of a crowded Paris-style café with men in top hats, a woman in a fur-trimmed coat, and two children.

At the Cafe

1870

Loose pastel sketch of a woman in a dark hat with a child's head resting against her, on a yellow-ochre ground.

Sketch of a Woman

1885/1890

Painting of a poor family on a city street beside a wooden fence, with factory chimneys and a smoky sky behind them.

The Stockade

probably c. 1908

Painting of a young ballet dancer in a pale tutu beside a flowering backdrop, with an older man in a top hat in shadow.

Behind the Scenes

c. 1880

Painting of a bowed woman in black holding a paper, standing in a green-walled room with framed pictures and flowers.

The Petitioner

c. 1910

Painting of a courtroom with two seated men, a standing official, and a woman in green holding a paper on a bench.

The Petition

1906

Loose oil sketch of a soldier carrying a limp figure as a woman follows, with smoke and fire behind them.

The Requisition

c. 1919

Loose painted scene of a grassy race track with riders on horses, spectators, and a woman in pink under a cloudy blue sky.

The Race Track

c. 1891

Painting of a woman in a red dress fishing at a pond at dusk, with a companion, a dog, and reflections in the water.

The Artist's Wife Fishing

1896

Crowd of fashionable spectators in top hats and dresses watching horse races at a grassy racecourse under a pale sky.

The Races at Longchamp

c. 1891

Painting of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed black hat and dark dress against a moody, overcast landscape.

Portrait de la comtesse Anna de Noailles, née Brancovan (1876-1933), poétesse

1905

Painting of a woman in a black hat with binoculars in a red theatre box, with an audience visible behind her.

La Loge

1880

Loose painting of a woman holding her hat in a gusty wind beside a child, with a misty shoreline behind them.

Départ, le coup de vent

1900

Painted bust portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair, white collar and bow tie, against a brown interior wall.

Autoportrait

1898

Painting of elegantly dressed spectators in top hats and long dresses watching horse races at a green racecourse.

The Races at Longchamp

1891

Half-length portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and white collar, painted in loose brown tones.

Portrait de l'artiste

1906

Dark painted interior of a crowded courtroom with figures seated around a raised bench under a hanging lamp.

Recess of the Court

1872

Painting of a racecourse with riders on horseback, elegantly dressed figures in conversation, and billowing clouds over green

The Race Track

1891

Painting of a dim courtroom with seated men, a standing robed lawyer, and a woman in green holding a paper on a bench.

The Petition

1906

Painting of a woman in red fishing at a reedy pond at sunset, with a second woman, a dog and a flock of birds.

The Artist's Wife Fishing

1896

Painting of a man in a top hat beside two dancers in pale tutus, with a river and city skyline at dusk behind them.

Female Dancers

Painting of a seated ballet dancer beside a man in a top hat, with two dancers in tutus behind them backstage.

Danseuse et admirateur derrière la scène (Bailarina y admirador tras la escena)

Blue-toned painting of a top-hatted man on a lit stage and two white-tutu dancers seated in shadowed wings.

Backstage―Symphony in Blue

1900

Loose painting of elegant couples in evening dress at a ball, with red velvet balconies and a crowd behind.

Ball in the Paris Grand Opera

1880

Sketch of a woman in a ruffled dress seated in an armchair, head resting in her right hand, in red and black chalk.

Seated Woman, Head in Right Hand

1897

Etching of a woman holding a wrapped bouquet while a man in a top hat stands facing her in an interior.

The Bouquet

c. 1876

The Toff with a Bouquet

c. 1876

Lithograph of a man holding a framed picture in a shop window beside a woman in a shawl, with dense dark hatching.

Laffitte Street

c. 1892

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat leaning over a reclining woman resting her head on him.

An Idyll

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Brown wash drawing of a soldier with a rifle in a trench, paired with a pencil sketch of a reclining woman on the reverse.

Soldier in a Trench (recto) Reclining Woman (verso)

1915

Brown wash drawing of a soldier in a cap holding a rifle beside a dark trench mass, with an empty pale sky above.

Soldier in a Trench (recto)

1915

Two loose sketches of a hospital scene with figures beside a bed, one in grey wash with pink, one in charcoal on tan paper.

In the Hospital (recto) Sketch for In the Hospital (verso)

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Loose grey and pink sketch of a doctor tending a patient in bed while a seated woman in a pink dress watches.

In the Hospital (recto)

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Drawing of a figure lying on an iron bed and another sprawled on the floor beside shoes in a bare room.

The Suicide

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Sketch of a uniformed soldier beside women in headscarves, with a kneeling woman embracing a child at left.

The Slavery in the North

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Sketch of a girl in red standing beside a kneeling figure, with smoke rising over a village in the distance.

The Germans Have Gone Away

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Pen-and-watercolor sketch of a seated man writing at a green-covered desk beside an inkwell and quill, dated July 1919.

At Versailles, July 1919

1919

Charcoal drawing of a man seated with bowed head beside a table with a bottle and food, below a barred window.

The Man Who Fired upon Clemenceau

c. 1919

Sketch of three bowed civilians beside a moustached officer in a spiked helmet, with French handwritten captions.

If they had been victorious - "You Have Two Hours in which to Sign"

c. 1919

Charcoal drawing of two alarmed women in the foreground, a city of rooftops under billowing smoke, and a uniformed figure at

"They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat"

c. 1919

Watercolor of a woman and child beside rubble and ruined buildings, with a crowd and soldier behind, above a pencil sketch of

Reconquered Territory (recto) Two Figures on a Road (verso)

c. 1919

Sketch of a woman in a dark cap holding a girl beside rubble and a fallen ladder on a ruined street.

Reconquered Territory (recto)

c. 1919

Sketch of a soldier in a fez standing beside huddled, shawl-wrapped figures and a child, with smoke over hills.

In Greece

1897

Red chalk sketch of a woman in a ruffled dress leaning over a chair, face hidden by her hair.

Woman Seated

c. 1867

Loose charcoal-style drawing of a seated man in a cap bent over, writing a letter on his knee.

Prisoner of War Writing a Letter

1910s

Etching of three cloaked figures talking beneath a stone arch, with village houses and a bare tree in the background.

Encounter Under the Vault

1910

Fan-shaped print of a ballerina in a tutu facing a man in a top hat, with another figure behind him, in pink and brown tones.

Bal Gavarni Fan

1903

Seated Nude Woman from the Back

c. 1910

Etching of a seated mother holding an infant with two standing children beside her, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Madonna and Children

1909

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a sleeping infant, a kneeling figure beside her and a basket on the ground.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1909

Pastel drawing of a woman in pink reading music beside a man in evening dress, with a conductor and orchestra under a chandel

The Orchestra

c. 1880

Etching of two women in a dressing room, one in a corset before a vanity table with a mirror and bottle.

Dancers in their Dressing Room

c. 1876

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a long skirt boarding a horse-drawn cab as a top-hatted coachman holds a lantern.

Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)

late 1800s

Sketch of a seated female nude in brown chalk and white highlights on a pink sheet, head bowed, arm resting on knee.

Seated Nude

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a pearl necklace, drawn on gray paper.

Ava Mendelsohn

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Lithograph of a woman in a hat at a table with a man in a top hat and wine bottles beside her in a restaurant.

Au restaurant (At the Restaurant)

1890

Lithograph of a ballet dancer in a tutu bending to tie her slipper beside a standing attendant and a dark folding screen.

Danseuse rattachant son chausson (Dancer Tying Her Slipper)

c. 1891

Lithograph of a man reading a newspaper beside a woman in a shawl, framed by a shop window, by Jean-Louis Forain.

Rue Laffitte (Laffitte Street)

c. 1892

Sketch of a bearded man holding papers beside a woman in a long dress, with stacked papers on the floor and a wall picture.

"J'ose pas encore aller le décrocher...ça lui fera trop de peine." ("I don't dare take them down...it would hurt him…

c. 1892

Lithograph of a top-hatted man with a cane beside a counter where a clerk serves a bearded man and a woman in a fur stole.

Chez l'huissier (At the Bailiff's)

c. 1891

Sepia wash drawing of a man leaning toward a seated woman at a table with a wine bottle and book in a private room.

Scène de cabinet particulier (planche en largeur au lavis) (Scene in a Private Room) (horizontal plate with wash)

c. 1896

Pencil drawing of a nude woman at a doorway beside a clothed older woman holding linen, with a bathtub in the foreground.

On sonne! Si c'est l'Anglais d'hier maman tu t'en iras!

1852

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress leaning toward a man holding a top hat beside an armchair.

Comedie Parisienne

1852

Graphite sketch of two children looking over a crib rail, with a reclining figure in the lower left.

Children Looking over the Edge of a Crib

1852

Watercolor sketch of a female singer performing before seated men in red caps at a café concert, with a waiter carrying glass

Le cafe concert des reservistes

1852

Charcoal sketch of two men beside a bed, one crouching and one standing, with a hammer on the floor and a caption below.

Peur de Bourreau! Qu'est-ce que tu attends?...

1852

Loose watercolor sketch of a reclining woman with flowing hair, arm extended across an empty tan paper.

Farniente

1852

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman with long hair lying across rocks by the sea, with a hat beside her.

Nude on Rocks

1852

Pen sketch of women in long gowns and men at an evening party, drawn in loose lines on tan paper.

At an Evening Party

1852

Sketch of a standing man raising a wine glass toward a couple embracing on a sofa.

To Each His Own

1852

Loose ink and brown wash sketch of reclining figures and a standing figure with an umbrella beneath tall arches.

Sur le canape

1852

Charcoal drawing of a bowed, seated bearded man comforted by a standing woman with long hair behind him.

Consolation

1852

Self-Portrait

1852

Two Ladies in a Loge

1886

Pen and wash drawing of a man in a top hat speaking to a startled woman sitting up in bed, with French caption.

Elections Municipales

c. 1897

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man holding a child while a woman in a long dress gestures beside him in a room with laundry.

Le Peril Anarchiste

c. 1897

Caricature of a barber shaving a reclining man holding a mirror, with tools on a table and a French caption.

Projet de Voyage

c. 1897

Watercolor drawing of a barren plain under dark clouds, with a broken tree stump and ruined buildings on the right.

Devastated Land (recto)

c. 1919

Watercolor of a devastated landscape under a stormy sky with a ruined building and bare tree; reverse has pencil figures.

Devastated Land (recto); Figures in a Landscape (verso)

c. 1919

Sketch of a bearded man and a woman in a long dress standing beside stacked papers in a loosely drawn interior.

I Don't Dare Take Them Down...It Would Hurt Him Too Much

c. 1892

Brown wash sketch of a woman carrying a child fleeing past a ruined town with smoke and rubble.

"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

The Dead Girl

1884

Woman in headscarf pointing across a pale plain toward a distant village with smoke, with a child beside her, in watercolor a

It Was Our House

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a feathered hat facing a man leaning over a desk, with a second figure behind him.

The Client

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated man in a cap leaning forward to write on a small sheet on his knee.

The Clothing of the Prisoner of war

c. 1915

Two barefoot children wade at the sea's edge under dark clouds, one holding a bundle, in a watercolor drawing.

There is corn in the sea!

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Charcoal and red chalk drawing of a woman with upswept hair and bare shoulders, turning her head, dated 1906.

Courtesan (recto)

1906

Graphite and chalk drawing of a woman with upswept hair, alongside verso sketches of figures in red and black chalk.

Courtesan (recto) Figure Sketches (verso)

1906

Ink and wash drawing of a man asleep in an armchair beside a draped desk with a book, inkwell and quill.

Apres l'attentat, Juin '97

1897

Etching of three women mourning around a reclining figure beside a wooden cross and a basin of water.

Pieta

1910

Etching of courtroom witnesses: a bearded man and another figure at a barrier, with women seated in the foreground.

Témoins à l'audience (Witnesses to the audience)

1908

Etching of a café interior with men in top hats seated at a table and a standing woman and man at left.

Interieur van een café

1876