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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 23 October 1852
- Died
- 11 July 1931
- Place of birth
- Reims
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Jean-Louis
- Family name
- Forain
- Spouse
- Jeanne Bosc
- Genre
- portrait
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator, engraver, caricaturist, lithographer, sculptor, etcher, graphic artist, draftsperson, visual artist
- Citizenship
- France
- Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour
- archives at
- Library of the National Institute of History of Art, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art
- artist files at
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- birth name
- Louis Henri Forain
- described by source
- 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Art of The Countries and Peoples of The World. Tome 5
- educated at
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- has works in the collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, Städel Museum
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- member of
- Ligue de la Patrie Française, Royal Academy of Arts, Republic of Montmartre, Académie des beaux-arts
- name in native language
- Jean-Louis Forain
- place of burial
- Cemetery of Le Chesnay
- significant event
- restitution of Nazi-looted art
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