Jean-Louis Forain

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 humble family, in 1860 moved to Paris this. Forain began his career as a cartoonist for various magazines. Later he enrolled at the prestigious art school École des Beaux -Arts to study under Jean- Léon Gérôme and Jean- Baptiste Carpeaux. Forain's works were heavily influenced by Honoré Daumier and his friends, among them were Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet. In 1879, his first exhibition was held in the Salon de Paris, regularly involved in the Forain to 1891. Created numerous scenes from the Palace of Justice in Paris and other institutions, as well as social satire of the late 19th century and early 20th century in his later years. In 1889 he founded the now almost forgotten guessed magazine Le Fifre, whose editor and main illustrator, he was and appeared in only ten copies.

Forain was elected in 1923 as a member of the Académie des beaux -arts in Paris, the same year as 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 a Commandeur de la Légion d' Honneur (C. LH).

1891 married Jean -Louis Forain, the painter and sculptor Jeanne Bosc ( 1865-1954 ), from the common link was a son (* 1895) shows.

Works (selection)

On the racecourse, oil on canvas, 1885-90

Trois Nus, oil on canvas, 1890

The walker of Paris, watercolor, 1895

The Rope Dancer, oil on canvas, 1895

Le client, oil on canvas, 1898

Couple with servants, brush and ink drawing, 1900

Two men in the rain, brush and ink drawing, 1900

Cena de tribunal, oil on canvas, 1910

Cena de tribunal, oil on canvas, 1900