The Stockade
Jean-Louis Forain
probably c. 1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 81 x 66 cm (31 7/8 x 26 in.) framed: 94 x 75.9 x 4.9 cm (37 x 29 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.11.5
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...