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Artist at the Front: Jean Louis Forain

Elizabeth Broun, curator

April 12, 1981–May 24, 1981

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Preperatory studies for a series of published illustrations documenting the experiences of French soldiers during World War I, accompanied by harsh, often satirical captions. The 28 drawings, a recent gift to the museum, are displayed for the first time.

Works of art

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Pour la France (For France)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Après l'assaut (After the Attack)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Devant la mort (Facing Death)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Une des raisons de vaincre (One More Reason to Win)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Leurs couloirs (Their Trenches)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), En tirailleurs (Sharpshooters)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), On oublie toujours ça (One Always Forgets That)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Le terrain reconquis (Reconquered Territory)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Prisonniers boches (Jerry Prisoners)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), La peur des braves (The Fear of the Courageous)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Le commissaire aux armées (ce que ce serait) [The Army Superintendent (What it Would Be Like)]

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Le Basileus chassé (The Basileus Being Thrown Out)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Devant le Pirée (At Piraeus)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Le français tel qu'on le parle (French as it is Spoken)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Grec et Francais (Greek and Frenchmen)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), L'agression bulgare (Bulgarian Aggression)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Leur aveu (Their Confession)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Su l'Acropole (On the Acropolis)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Versailles, 28 Juin (Versailles, June 28)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Et puis quelqu' un paraît (And then Someone Appears)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), La réponse (The Answer)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), La "défaillance" russe (The Russians' "Failing")

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Guerre sous-marine (The Submarine War)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Le Film

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Dans les faubourgs de Londres (The London Suburbs)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Les notables (Procession of the Notables)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), L'école de neutres (Neutrality School)

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), La Fête-Dieu à Paris (Corpus Christi in Paris)