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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 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

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

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

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

Painting of a courtroom with lawyers in black robes, spectators at a rail, and a man in a top hat beside a table of papers.

Witness Confounded

1926

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

The Races at Longchamp

1891

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 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

Painting of a jockey on a chestnut horse surrounded by spectators in top hats and a woman with a red parasol at a racecourse.

The Horse Race

1888

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

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

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)

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

The Suicide

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

The Slavery in the North

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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?...

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

Farniente

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

Nude on Rocks

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

Sur le canape

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

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"

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

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!

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 bearded lawyer in a cap leaning over a woman and child seated before a courtroom barrier.

Advocaat met klanten voor de rechtbank

1909

Sepia drawing of a nude woman washing at a table while a servant in an apron stands beside her in a room.

Naakte vrouw wast zich en bediende staat naast haar

1893

Etching of a young woman with raised arms standing on stretchers before a crowd of onlookers.

Lourdes, the miracle

1912

Lithograph of a speaker pointing toward a factory as a crowd of workers, women and children listens below a smoky dusk sky.

Staking van fabrieksarbeiders

1897

Lithograph of a robed bearded figure above grieving women and children amid rubble and a ruined church, with French captions.

Vrouwen in gebombardeerde kerk klagen Christus aan

1918

Lithograph of a woman nursing an infant in a chair beside a shattered window, with debris on the floor.

Vrouw geeft borstvoeding terwijl de ruiten springen

1916

Etching of a courtroom: a lawyer leans toward a seated woman holding a child, with a man at the bench behind them.

L'Avocat parlant au prévenu (The lawyer speaks to the accused)

1909

Charcoal sketch of a courtroom with robed figures conferring over papers at a railing, and a uniformed officer standing at le

Legal Advice

1915

Fan-shaped sketch of a woman in a tulle skirt facing a mustached man in a top hat, with another figure behind him.

Fan for the Gavarni Ball

1903

Invitation from the newspaper "Le Monde Parisien"

1880

Etching of theatre patrons: a man in a top hat, women in large feathered hats, and a child in the foreground.

The Foiles-Bergère, First Plate

1880

Etching of three figures seated at a café table, a woman with upswept hair and a man in a cap beside a glass and cup.

Brothel

1880

Etching of two seated figures in an interior; a woman in a dark hat looks sideways while a figure in the foreground faces awa

Tête-à-tête

1895

Etching of a woman in a dark hat and a man seated in a theater box, with an audience crowded behind them.

Lower Box at the Theater

February 1909

Lithograph of a man in top hat standing before theater boxes with a woman in white and seated audience members.

At the Theater

c. 1892

Loose lithograph of a seated man at a dining table with a standing woman raising her arm beside him.

Private Dining Room Scene (horizontal plate)

c. 1905

Grey lithograph of a top-hatted man beside a seated woman in a white tutu in a dressing room with a mirror.

The Dancer's Dressing Room, First Plate

1895

Loose lithograph sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, head bowed, on a pale sheet.

Study of a Nude Woman, from Behind

n.d.

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman in a feathered hat seated at restaurant tables near a window.

At the Restaurant

1890

Sepia print of a nude woman leaning at a dresser beside a clothed attendant in a white apron, with a chair and window.

The Massage With Coarse Hair Glove, Wash and Line Plate

1895

Sketched lithograph of a crowned figure stripped before soldiers, kneeling women at right, and a cross on the ground.

Christ Stripped of His Clothes

1909

Lithograph of a bowed lawyer in a dark robe with hands to his face, while a uniformed guard and spectators watch in a courtro

The Lawyer Abused

July 1914

Charcoal sketch of two men in an interior: a balding man leaning forward and a top-hatted man writing in a notebook.

The Reporter

n.d.

Fan-shaped print of a ballerina in a tutu facing a bearded man in a top hat, with another man behind them, in warm orange ton

Fan

1903

Etching of two figures bending over a stretcher-bound paralytic, with faint sketched figures in the background.

Lourdes, the Paralytic (second plate)

1912

Lithograph of a dim gambling room with men in dark suits, a seated woman in a pale gown, and drapery behind them.

Gambling Room

1914

Lithograph of a courtroom with robed lawyers leaning at a wooden barrier and a helmeted guard standing at left.

Lawyer Talking to His Client

1915

Lithograph of a slumped seated man and a standing woman in a long dress beside a draped table in a dim room.

Scene in a Private Room (horizontal plate)

1905

Brown lithograph of a nude woman leaning on a dresser while an attendant in an apron stands nearby in a room with a window.

La friction au gant de crin (Massage with Coarse Hair Glove)

1895

Pencil sketch of a bearded, haloed figure standing beside seated figures at a table in an interior.

Christ at Emmaus

c. 1902

Charcoal drawing of a man seated at a desk with an inkwell and quill, head bowed in thought, by Jean-Louis Forain.

A Versailles juillet 1919

probably 1919

Loose charcoal sketch of two bearded men at a table, one seated writing, one standing and smiling.

À la conférence (At the Conference)

c. 1919

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman in a red headscarf and long dress standing by a rock, with a sketched building behin

La France attend (France Waits)

c. 1914/1919

France Watching

c. 1914/1919

M. Clemenceau. La lettre du Cte Czernin

c. 1914/1919

Charcoal caricature of two men beside a table piled with top hats and bowler hats, with a French caption below.

C'est la Paix. Tu vois pas un kepi!

c. 1919

Etching of robed figures and a ladder on bare ground, with bearded men at right and kneeling figures at left.

Le Calvaire (Calvary)

1909

Poster of two women in period dress riding bicycles, with lettering for the Deuxième Salon du Cycle at the Palais de l'Indust

Deuxième Salon du Cycle/ Xbre 94/ PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE

1894

Poster with a sketch of a seated prisoner writing, beside French text appealing for clothing donations for war prisoners, 191

LE VÊTEMENT DU PRISONNIER DE GUERRE/ RATTACHE A LA + FRANCAISE/ 63, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, PARIS

1916

Red-ink poster for the Théâtre des Nabots with a sketched caricature figure at left and bold advertising text at right.

THEATRE/ DES NABOTS/ TROUPE DE 150 MARIONNETTES/ SCULPTEES PAR Mme FORAIN/ CINQ JOURS DE REPRESENTATIONS/ AU PROFIT D…

1908

Poster of two women in period dress riding bicycles, with French text announcing the Deuxième Salon du Cycle at Palais de l'I

Deuxième Salon du cycle. Xbre octobre 94 affiche affiche, j.l.forain

1894

Sepia poster by Forain showing a sleeping woman in an attic bed beside a window over rooftops, with the title La Vie de Bohèm

La Vie de Bohème par Puccini, G. Ricordi & Cie éditeurs affiche, Forain

1895

Poster of two women on bicycles in long skirts, advertising the Deuxième Salon du Cycle at the Palais de l'Industrie.

Pl 51 - Jean-Louis Forain

1895