Les Folies-Bergère (planche refusée, 2e planche) (The Folies Bergère) (refused plate, second plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
1880 and 1886
Medium
etching on laid Arches paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.8 × 15 cm (3 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.1 × 21.7 cm (6 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3742
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...