a) Poilu and Nurse (recto); b) Sketch for the Poilu (verso)
c. 1914/1919
Medium
a) brush and brown and black ink on wove paper b) brush and brown ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 36.5 x 52.4 cm (14 3/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4054.a-b
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jean-Louis Forain · 1852–1931
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...