The Requisition
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1919
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.) framed: 68 x 77.8 x 5.1 cm (26 3/4 x 30 5/8 x 2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.3
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...