The Races at Longchamp
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1891
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 73.66 × 92.71 cm (29 × 36 1/2 in.) framed: 83.82 × 102.24 × 7.62 cm (33 × 40 1/4 × 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
2014.18.62
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...