Introduction: On this page you will find an accounted impression of the 26 art-works Forain did exhibit at the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1879 (catalogue numbers 82-107); 18 of them were indicated as aquarelles; there were 4 fans, 2 screens and 1 drawing; 19 were loans. Sometimes I render more than one option. So, I will render 4 uncertain options for the fans and to compare I render 4 later works. See also my account. See for the sources at the bottom of the main page about Forain. See link for explanation of the subscription of the paintings. Note: If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-82, Portrait de M. M… Maybe: 18xx, Portrait of a man (Comte Robert de Montesquiou ?), 81×65, A1998/11/10 (iR2;iR13;iR10;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-84 Portrait de M. H… (aquarelle). Probably: 1878, JK Huysmans, pastel, 55×45, Orsay (MNCh Versailles) (iR6;iR23;R50,p96;R2,p268;R90II,p112;M1)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-85, Portrait de M. H… (aquarelle). Compare: 18xx, Portrait of a man, oil on board, 26×21, A2006/06/21 (iR11;iR10;iR13;R2,p268;R90II,p112)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-83, Portrait de M. Coquelin-Cadet dans le Sphinx (aquarelle). Compare: 18xx, Portrait of an Actor, xx, Philadelphia MA (iR2;R2,p268;R90II,p112;M28).
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-99, Cabotin en demi-deuil ; appartient à M. Coquelin (aquarelle). Compare: 1878, Portrait of the actor C. B. Coquelin in costume, dr, 27×22, A2013/04/20 (iR13;M2,p268). Also option for no.83, Portrait de M. Coquelin Cadet , dans le Sphinx.
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-99 Cabotin en demi-deuil (aquarelle). Compare: 1878-80ca, Head of a Woman with a Veil, oil, 35×28, NSM Pasadena (iR2;R2,p268;M43)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-86, Intérieur de café (aquarelle). Perhaps: 1879ca, At the Cafe, gouache, 33×26, (former: Wisselingh Naarden) DGG Memphis (iR2;iR8;R2,p268+282;M160)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-107, dessin. Maybe??: 18xx, Young woman standing in a bleu dress, ink+wc, 20×10, DAG Louvre (iR23;M5a,RF10808,R;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-88, Loge d’actrice (aquarelle). Compare: 1xxx, Woman dressing near a seated man (woman in corset), pastel, 35×23, A2014/05/15 (iR11;iR10;iR43;R2,p268;R90I,p213+250)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-87, Fin d’un souper (aquarelle). Compare: 18xx, CR10, Le Quart d’heure de Rabelais, etch ps, 19×20, SKs Dresden (aR9,no10;R90II,p131+112;R43;R90I,p227+289)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-87, Fin d’un souper (aquarelle). Compare: 1900ca, the butler and the gentlemen, wc + gouache, 39×28, A2008/12/04 (iR11;iR10;iR64;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-89, Sortie de théâtre (aquarelle). Maybe?: 1876ca, The old gentleman, g+wc+ink, 44×31, A2011/06/22 (iR11;iR15;iR2;R50,p95;R2,p268;R90I,p213)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-94, Coulisses de théâtre (aquarelle). Now: 18xx, Le protecteur dans les coulisses, ink and gouache, 32×24, A1966/12/07 (R90II,p113;iR14;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain: 4IE-1879-95, Coulisses de théâtre (aquarelle); appartient à M. Huysmans =? 1878, In the Wings, gouache, 36×26, private (iR2;R3,p180;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-95,Coulisses de théâtre (aquarelle). Maybe?: 18xx, L’homme en costume, wc+g, 25×19, A2014/04/02 (iR15;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-90, Pourtour des Folies-Bergère. Compare: 1887-90ca, Gentlemen of the Opera (The Dance Studio), 61×51, private (iR2;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-91, Pourtour des Folies-Bergère (aquarelle). Maybe?: 1xxx, Ballet student and her dresser, wc, 29×14, A2013/03/27 (iR13;iR11;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-100, Pourtour des Folies-Bergère. Maybe?: 18xx, In the wings, wc+g+dr, 30×21, A2019/05/15 (iR14;iR13;R2,p268;R90II,p113). Maybe?: HD1909/05/26-63.
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-93, Entr’acte (aquarelle). Maybe?: 1877, la rencontre au foyer (entre-acte), 34×22, private London (R50,p79;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-98, Coin de salon (aquarelle). Maybe: 1879ca, Conservation dans le salon de Georges Charpentier, wc, 31×19, A2008/11/14 (iR13;R90II,p113;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain: 4IE-1879-97, Femme au café (aquarelle); appartient à Mme Martin =? 1878ca, The Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Scène de café; à Sari), gouache, 32×20, BM New York (iR6;R50,p96;R43,p16;R2,p268;M161)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-96, Café d’acteurs (aquarelle). Maybe?: 1875, At the Cafe, gouache, 25×34, xx (iR10;iR122;iR305;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-92, Pourtour des Folies-Bergère (aquarelle). Maybe: 1878ca, Crowd at the Folies-Bergère, wc+g, 21×33, WA Hartford (M162;R2,p268;R90I,p210/1)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-101, Un éventail. Maybe: 1879ca, Evening at the Opera, gouache, 17×59, DGG Memphis (iR2;iRx;R2,p268;M160)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-103, éventail. Maybe?: 18xx, danseuses et un monsieur, dr fan, 25×38, DAG Louvre (or Orsay) (iR23;R2,p268;aR21,p22;M5a;M1)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-104, éventail. Maybe?: 18xx, scène dans une loge d’actrice, dr fan, 26×39, DAG Louvre (iR23;R2,p268;M5a)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-101-104, éventail. Compare: 1903, Eventail pour la bal Gavarni, 26(or15)x49, A2015/03/10 (iR11;R43,p54;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-101-104, éventail. Compare: 1889ca, the dancer, fan wc, 30×62, DGG Memphis (iR8;R2,p268;M160)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-101-104, éventail. Compare: 1890, Danseuse, fan on wood, 27cm, A1991/12/04 (iR13;R2,p268)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-101-104, éventail. Compare: 1903, Souvenir de la Matinée de Gala donnée à l’Opéra Comique, fan, 14h, Carnavalet Paris (aR5=iR302;R2,p268;M8)
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-105+106, un écran. Compare: Floorscreen, 175h, after Steinlen, 1896, Le Chat noir (iR10;iR132;R2,p268)
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