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Artists›Jean-Louis Forain

Jean-Louis Forain

Jean-Louis Forain

1852–1931

WA-00017294

Reims, France

PaintingImpressionism

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

779

Works in Collection

814

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ719614

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Impresario: Ambroise Vollard

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Modern Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

No image

Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

No image

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930

No image

Painting in Paris

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1935
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Impressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

RijksmuseumAmsterdam The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan Art Institute of ChicagoChicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.TateCity of Westminster

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Artworks (779)

The Rest in Egypt

The Rest in Egypt

1931 · Drypoint with additions in black charcoal or crayon on cream laid paper

Plate: 16.2 × 25 cm (6 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 33.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Widow Selling Her Paintings

Widow Selling Her Paintings

1926 · Gouache, with touches of pastel, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper

44.1 × 59.3 cm (17 3/8 × 23 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trickster Lawyers (recto) Figures in a Courtroom (verso)

Trickster Lawyers (recto) Figures in a Courtroom (verso)

1924 · Watercolor and black crayon, with touches of gouache, on cream wove paper (discolored to buff)

37.8 × 52.7 cm (14 15/16 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Menu Card for the Taverne Pousset

Menu Card for the Taverne Pousset

1924 · Reproduction of lithograph on cream wove paper mounted on white wove paper

Image: 16 × 33.5 cm (6 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 40.5 × 37.9 cm (16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Men of Justice

1921 · brush and brown ink with brown wash on green laid paper

overall: 26.6 x 35.7 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Requisition

The Requisition

1919 · oil on canvas

overall: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.) framed: 68 x 77.8 x 5.1 cm (26 3/4 x 30 5/8 x 2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

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

1919 · brush and black ink over black crayon on wove paper (tracing paper)

overall: 38 x 53.6 cm (14 15/16 x 21 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) Negotiations at the Trianon Palace, Versailles (recto); b) Study for Negotiations at the Trianon Palace, Versailles (verso)

a) Negotiations at the Trianon Palace, Versailles (recto); b) Study for Negotiations at the Trianon Palace, Versailles (verso)

1919 · a) brush and black ink over graphite on wove paper b) brush and black ink on wove paper

overall: 37.7 x 51.5 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Versailles juillet 1919

A Versailles juillet 1919

1919 · brush and black ink and black crayon on wove paper

overall: 38 x 51.5 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

À la conférence (At the Conference)

À la conférence (At the Conference)

1919 · brush and brown ink and black crayon on laid Van Gelder paper

overall: 45 x 57.4 cm (17 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) Au congres de la Paix (recto); b) Untitled (verso)

a) Au congres de la Paix (recto); b) Untitled (verso)

1919 · a) brush and brown ink over graphite on wove paper b) graphite on wove paper

overall: 36.8 x 55 cm (14 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

At the Peace Conference

At the Peace Conference

1919 · brush and black ink and black crayon on laid paper

overall: 55.5 x 43.7 cm (21 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Departure for Versailles

The Departure for Versailles

1919 · brush and brown ink and graphite on laid paper

overall: 29.5 x 46 cm (11 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) Si ils avaient vaincu (recto); b) Sketch of Si ils avaient vaincu (verso)

a) Si ils avaient vaincu (recto); b) Sketch of Si ils avaient vaincu (verso)

1919 · a) brush and black ink on laid Van Gelder paper b) brush and black ink on laid Van Gelder paper

overall: 46 x 56.7 cm (18 1/8 x 22 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Versailles juillet 1919

A Versailles juillet 1919

1919 · brush and black ink and black crayon on wove paper

overall: 37.6 x 51.4 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Prussian Soldier and Civilians

Prussian Soldier and Civilians

1919 · black crayon and brush and black ink on laid Van Gelder paper

overall: 41.7 x 56.5 cm (16 7/16 x 22 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) Versailles juillet. La Germania signe... (recto); b) Sketch for Figure of Germania (verso)

a) Versailles juillet. La Germania signe... (recto); b) Sketch for Figure of Germania (verso)

1919 · a) black crayon and brown wash on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper

overall: 37.5 x 51.3 cm (14 3/4 x 20 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le depart pour Versailles

Le depart pour Versailles

1919 · brush and brown ink over graphite on laid Van Gelder paper

overall: 46 x 58 cm (18 1/8 x 22 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) Fetters (recto); b) Several Figures (verso)

a) Fetters (recto); b) Several Figures (verso)

1919 · a) brush and black ink and black crayon on wove paper b) graphite on wove paper

overall: 37.6 x 51.4 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) Fetters (recto); b) Sketch for Fetters (verso)

a) Fetters (recto); b) Sketch for Fetters (verso)

1919 · a) crayon and bursh and black ink on wove paper b) black crayon on wove paper

overall: 34 x 50.2 cm (13 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

a) At the Conference (recto); b) Reclining Figure (verso)

a) At the Conference (recto); b) Reclining Figure (verso)

1919 · a) black crayon on laid paper b) black crayon on laid paper

overall: 45.3 x 56.8 cm (17 13/16 x 22 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Celui qui tira sur Clémenceau

Celui qui tira sur Clémenceau

1919 · brush and black ink with black chalk on laid Van Gelder paper

overall: 44.9 x 56.7 cm (17 11/16 x 22 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

L'Allemand expulsé (The German Expelled)

L'Allemand expulsé (The German Expelled)

1919 · lithograph on laid paper

image: 21 × 14 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet: 50.4 × 35.1 cm (19 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

No. 202: C'est lourd une plume

No. 202: C'est lourd une plume

1919 · Line block taken from a drawing on ivory wove paper

Image: 32 × 45 cm (12 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 32.8 × 52.9 cm (12 15/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (7)

779 published of 791 catalogued · 782 with image

Art Institute Chicago
406 published406 img
Nga
357 published357 img
The Met
7 published
MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued8 img
Tate
3 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 7 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

50 entries · 1 sources

Sur la ligne de feu
1914 · Nga · 5 prov
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Refugees
1914 · Nga · 5 prov
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Reims 9bre 1918
1918 · Nga · 5 prov
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Au front de Vincennes. Bolo pacha
1914 · Nga · 5 prov
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Le demobilise
1914 · Nga · 5 prov
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The Taking of Fort Douaumont
1916 · Nga · 5 prov
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German Advance
1914 · Nga · 5 prov
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Au fil de la marne
1918 · Nga · 5 prov
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A Versailles. L'envoye des boches
1914 · Nga · 5 prov
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Quand le boche se retire...
1917 · Nga · 5 prov
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Record

Images

23 assets

At the Cafe (1875-1879)

Smithsonian Institution

Untitled (In the Dressing Room) ((1875-79))

Smithsonian Institution

Presentation of a Young College Student (1875-1879)

Smithsonian Institution

Woman on Horseback and Shepherdess (1880-1886)

Smithsonian Institution

At the Theater (1878)

Smithsonian Institution

Devastated Land (recto) (c. 1919)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Figures in a Landscape (verso) (c. 1919)

Cleveland Museum of Art

In the Hospital (recto) Sketch for In the Hospital (verso) (fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

8

Movements1

Collections7

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manhattan, United States

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

In collection

Tate

City of Westminster, United Kingdom

Market

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