Jean-Louis Forain is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Jean-Louis Forain as French artist (1852-1931).
Jean-Louis Forain was born at Reims in 1852. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris.
The nineteenth century broke the academy's authority: independent exhibitions, dealers and the beginnings of modernism.
He worked as painter, illustrator and engraver.
Among his best-known works are Dancer standing behind a covering slide and The Client. A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
Recognition followed: Commander of the Legion of Honour (1928), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1920) and Knight of the Legion of Honour (1893).
That the work was made in France shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Jean-Louis Forain died in 1931, aged 79. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Commander of the Legion of Honour — 1928
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 1920
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1893
- Notable work: Dancer standing behind a covering slide
- Notable work: The Client
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