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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of robed figures in a courtroom with bookshelves and a bench behind them.

Defenseur et Accuse

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1908

Loose watercolor drawing of seated men at a table under an arch, with a standing figure holding bread on a plate.

The Supper at Emmaus

Jean-Louis Forain, possibly c. 1912/1913

Sketch of a bowed, bandaged standing figure beside prone shrouded figures on beds and floor, in grey and brown washes.

Elles étaient à lacets

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal drawing of a man lying on a floor, head on arms, beside a small barred window in a bare room.

Celui qui tira sur Clémenceau

Jean-Louis Forain, in or after 1919

Pencil and ink sketch of a woman in a robe facing two men in caps, one carrying a bag, against faint buildings.

Toward Peace

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Ink and chalk drawing of five men in dark coats beneath a billowing flag on a mound, with a distant town at right.

L'union sous le drapeau

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Watercolor drawing of a soldier rising among wooden crosses and helmets on a battlefield, titled Debout, les Morts!, 1917.

Debout, les Morts!

Jean-Louis Forain, 1917

Charcoal drawing of a man sorting bundles beside a standing woman, with a reclining figure on a bed at left.

Le demobilise

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Loose sketch of a woman clasping her hands beside a cross, a uniformed man standing at right, and a child in the distance.

En esclavage dans le Nord

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal and watercolor drawing of helmeted soldiers advancing on a rural road toward a village with smoke rising from burnin

German Raid on a Village

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Ink and watercolor sketch of a dead soldier with a rifle, beside a standing helmeted soldier and a figure in a long coat.

a) Dead German Soldier (recto); b) Head of a Soldier (verso)

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal drawing of a seated soldier gesturing beside a bundle, with a standing soldier and sketched figures behind.

Les chefs (The Chefs)

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Sketch of a child standing by a woman on a hospital bed, with a helmeted soldier in a long coat standing at right.

Mother and Child Visited by Soldier in Hospital

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal drawing of a helmeted soldier facing a woman with a braid beside a doorway, with bundles on the ground.

Hiding the "louis"

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of an ambulance with a red cross flag beside a soldier in a cap standing on a muddy road.

Sur la ligne de feu

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted soldier speaking to a bearded soldier in a peaked cap, with a rifle and smoky trench behind.

Poilu Acknowledging German Soldier

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Charcoal sketch of three soldiers in caps, two seated on a bench sharing food beside a canvas bag, one marked PG.

Poilu and German Prisoners

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a standing man leaning toward a seated woman beside a table with a bowler hat.

Discharged from Military Service

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Drawing of a war-damaged town with a collapsed building, rubble in the foreground and a ruined tower on the horizon.

Reims 9bre 1918

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Loose charcoal sketch of a helmeted soldier with a rifle beside a small child looking up, on a flat horizon.

Sur le Rhin

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of three soldiers in helmets, two seated preparing a meal and one standing at right.

Soldiers Preparing a Meal

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf beside a cart with a wheel, and a child with a bundle walking ahead.

Refugees

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Loose charcoal sketch of two French soldiers in helmets, one kicking upward and one leaping over a sandy mound.

The Taking of Fort Douaumont

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1916

Charcoal sketch of two soldiers in caps beside a placard on a post, one holding a rifle upright.

Two Soldiers Looking at a Placard

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Ink drawing of two seated soldiers in the foreground with a small horse-drawn cart and figures in the distance.

German Advance

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded soldier with pipe and helmet beside a figure, with a Noyon sign at left.

Sur le Rhin. -maintenant c'est l'arriere

Jean-Louis Forain, probably 1918

Charcoal caricature of a spiked-helmet German soldier goose-stepping over a shell-cratered battlefield, with a French caption

Le pas de l'oie - dans le sang

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Sketch of a reclining man gesturing upward, a standing woman at a table with papers, and two helmeted portraits on the wall.

A Versailles. L'envoye des boches

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of two men in overcoats leaning over a counter beside rows of cylindrical hat forms.

The Hats of the Allies [recto]

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Charcoal sketch of a figure in a long dark cloak with a wrapped head, beside a second figure, on pale paper.

Ceux de la priemiere heure. "Sire! ou en somme-nous de la guerre fraiche et joyeuse!"

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919