Jean-Louis Forain

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Jean-Louis Forain (born October 23, 1852 in Reims , † July 11, 1931 in Paris ) was a French painter , graphic artist and caricaturist .

Life

Jean-Louis Forain came from a simple family who moved to Paris around 1860. Forain began his career as a cartoonist for various magazines. He later enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts to study under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux . Forain's work was heavily influenced by Honoré Daumier and his friends, including Claude Monet , Edgar Degas, and Édouard Manet . In 1879 his first exhibition took place in the Salon de Paris , in which Forain participated regularly until 1891. In his later years numerous scenes from the Palace of Justice in Paris and other institutions, as well as social satire of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, emerged . In 1889 he founded the now almost forgotten magazine Le Fifre , of which he was the editor and main illustrator and which only appeared in ten copies.

Forain was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1923 , in the same year president of the philanthropic association République de Montmartre and 1930 honorary member (Hon. RA) of the Royal Academy of Arts in London . He was also Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur (C. LH).

In 1891, Jean-Louis Forain married the painter and sculptor Jeanne Bosc (1865–1954), and their relationship resulted in a son (* 1895).

Works (selection)

  • The buffet , oil on canvas, 1884

  • At the racecourse , oil on canvas, 1885–90

  • Trois Nus , oil on canvas, around 1890

  • Le Trottin de Paris , watercolor, 1895

  • The tightrope walker , oil on canvas, around 1895

  • Le client , oil on canvas, 1898

  • Couple with servants , India ink drawing, 1900

  • Two men in the rain , India ink drawing, 1900

  • Cena de tribunal , oil on canvas, around 1910

  • Cena de tribunal , oil on canvas, around 1900

literature

  • F. Valdès-Forain: Forain, Jean Louis . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 42, Saur, Munich a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-598-22782-5 , pp. 241-244.
  • Max Eisler: Forain, Jean Louis . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 198–199 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  • Article Forain, Jean Louis. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists. Volume 5. Gründ, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7000-3075-3 , pp. 869-871.
  • Charles Kunstler: Forain. 60 planches hors-texte en héliogravure. Rieder, Paris 1931.
  • Léandre Vaillat: En écoutant Forain. Flammarion, Paris 1931.
  • J.-L. Forain, peintre, dessinateur et engraver. Exposition organisée pour le centenaire de sa naissance, Bibliothèque nationale , June-September 1952. Bibliothèque nationale, Paris 1952.
  • Jean-François Bory: Forain. Veyrier, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85199-197-3 .
  • Alicia Craig Faxon: Jean-Louis Forain. A catalog raisonné of the prints. Garland, New York 1982, ISBN 0-8240-9343-7 .
  • Alicia Craig Faxon: Jean-Louis Forain. Artist, realist, humanist. Organized and circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, DC, 1982-1983. The Foundation, Washington, DC 1982, ISBN 0-88397-042-2 .
  • Jean-Louis Forain. Chroniqueur - illustrateur de guerre, 1914–1919. Catalog édité à l'occcasion de l'exposition organisée par la Bibliothèque de documentation internationale contemporaine, Musée des deux guerres mondiales, janvier-juillet 1986.
  • Jean-Louis Forain. Les années impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes. Avant-propos de François Daulte. Bibliothèque des arts, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-88453-010-X .
  • Jean-Louis Forain, 1852-1931. Catalog d'exposition, 8 avril - 28 septembre 2003, Musée Angladon , Avignon, Musée Yves Brayer, Les Baux-de-Provence. 2003, ISBN 2-9510540-1-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Forain, Jean-Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forain, Jean-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter, printmaker and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Reims , France
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1931
Place of death Paris , France