Artist at the Front: Jean Louis Forain

Exhibition

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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

Pour la France (For France), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Après l'assaut (After the Attack), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Devant la mort (Facing Death), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Une des raisons de vaincre (One More Reason to Win), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Leurs couloirs (Their Trenches), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
En tirailleurs (Sharpshooters), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
On oublie toujours ça (One Always Forgets That), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Le terrain reconquis (Reconquered Territory), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Prisonniers boches (Jerry Prisoners), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
La peur des braves (The Fear of the Courageous), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Le commissaire aux armées (ce que ce serait) [The Army Superintendent (What it Would Be Like)], Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Le Basileus chassé (The Basileus Being Thrown Out), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Devant le Pirée (At Piraeus), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Le français tel qu'on le parle (French as it is Spoken), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Grec et Francais (Greek and Frenchmen), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
L'agression bulgare (Bulgarian Aggression), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Leur aveu (Their Confession), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Su l'Acropole (On the Acropolis), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Versailles, 28 Juin (Versailles, June 28), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Et puis quelqu' un paraît (And then Someone Appears), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
La réponse (The Answer), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
La "défaillance" russe (The Russians' "Failing"), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Guerre sous-marine (The Submarine War), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Le Film, Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Le Film, 1915
Dans les faubourgs de Londres (The London Suburbs), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
Les notables (Procession of the Notables), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
L'école de neutres (Neutrality School), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain
La Fête-Dieu à Paris (Corpus Christi in Paris), Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain