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National Gallery of Art

10,102 works

Charcoal sketch of a French soldier in a helmet facing a spiked-helmet female figure across a ledge, by Jean-Louis Forain.

French Soldier Addressing Germania

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a headscarf praying upward beside a standing man, with a wheelbarrow and mountains in the backg

During the Armistice

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal drawing of a woman holding an infant beside a cradle in a dim room with a window and chair.

L'heure des gothas

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a kneeling figure in a pointed cap, mouth open in a cry, before a faint city skyline.

Grace!

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted soldier bowed on a trench edge, rifle at his side, with a fallen figure and smoke beyond him.

News in the Trenches

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a Prussian soldier with spiked helmet beside a bowed civilian figure on beige paper.

Prussian Soldier and Civilians

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1919

Sketch of a helmeted man leaning forward with an outstretched arm beside a rocky ground and a fallen figure.

Lost Illusions

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Ink sketch of two grieving women embracing in the foreground, with a village church spire and smoke behind them.

After Douai

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Pencil and ink drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf with faint standing figures behind her, signed Forain.

The Departure for Versailles

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1919

Charcoal sketch of a soldier with raised bayonet lunging toward a bearded man in a long coat within a trench.

Le retour du permissionnaire. -Tu Tombes a pie!

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a veiled woman standing before a bench with uniformed men and helmets behind her.

Germania before the Judges

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal drawing of a soldier with outstretched arm beside a seated figure, with ruined buildings and rubble behind them.

The Empire Destroys, The Republic Pays

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Brown wash sketch of a bearded soldier in a cap gazing up at a crucified figure on a cross.

C'est la, que j'ai fini le cure

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Sketch of a standing soldier with pack and helmet speaking with a seated soldier in a peaked cap, in charcoal and grey wash.

Poilu and Tommy Conversing

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Ink sketch of a hospital scene: a patient in bed, a standing man in dark clothing, and a nurse in a head cloth beside a cup.

Hospital Scene

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal drawing of a helmeted soldier leaning over a detector beside a smoke cloud, with 'Paris' and '1914' inscribed.

7me 1914

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a seated figure and a standing man in caps before a rocky landscape, signed Forain.

Toward Justice

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a seated man with legs outstretched beside a standing man in a loose robe, on a pale ground.

The Economic Withdrawal

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal and crayon drawing of a helmeted soldier kneeling in an open field, with a small distant figure on the horizon.

The Objective of War

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with trees, scribbled clouds, a sun, and two small figures on a beige sheet.

Landscape in the Taunus

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1916

Charcoal sketch of Dresden houses with small figures strolling along a street and trees framing the scene.

Houses in Dresden with People Strolling

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Sketch in ink and graphite of a goatherd standing among goats, with loose gestural lines suggesting trees and hills.

Goatherd with Goats

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917