a) Les Allemandes sont partis (recto); b) Sketch of a Man (verso)
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1914/1919
Medium
a) black crayon and watercolor on laid paper b) black crayon on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.7 x 46.8 cm (12 1/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4039.a-b
About the Artist
Jean-Louis Forain
Jean-Louis Forain was born Louis Henri Forain on October 23, 1852, in Reims, France, to a family of modest means; his father painted ornamental signs. The family relocated to Paris when he was eight, where young Forain developed a passion for drawing inspired by the sculptures of Reims Cathedral and the masters at the Louvre, which he began copying at age fourteen. He received drawing lessons from...