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Jean (Plantu); Jean-Louis Forain; Joelle Raineau; Celine Coutin Plantureux ; Doux Pays.!
Jean-Louis Forain
French painter (–)
Jean-Louis Forain | |
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Jean-Louis Forain drawing in his studio | |
| Born | Louis Henri Forain ()23 October Reims, France |
| Died | 11 July () (aged&#;78) Paris, France |
| Spouse | Jeanne Bosc |
| Elected | Royal Academy of Arts |
Jean-Louis Forain (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃lwifɔʁɛ̃]; 23 October – 11 July ) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph.
Compared to many of his Impressionist colleagues, he was more successful during his lifetime, but his reputation is now much less exalted.
Life and work
Forain was born in Reims, Marne but at age eight, his family moved to Paris.
He began his career working as a caricaturist for several Paris journals including Le Monde Parisien and Le rire satirique. Wanting to expand his horizons, he enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts, studying under Jean-Léon Gérôme as well as another sculptor/