-Qu'est-ce vous voulez? -Les "louis" de 1871
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1914/1919
Medium
brush and black ink and black crayon on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
overall: 43.5 x 57.5 cm (17 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4100
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...