Jean-Louis Forain : la Comédie parisienne / Florence Valdès-Forain

Catàleg de l'exposició presentada al Petit Palais, París, del 10/03/2011 al 5/06/2011 i al Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, del 26/06/2011 al 9/10/2011

The Dixon in Memphis is the first and only American museum to present the landmark retrospective of Jean-Louis Forain, essential member of the Impressionist circle, protege of Degas, and mentor to Toulouse-Lautrec. Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore the world of Forain and turn of the century Paris through 130 paintings, pastels, drawings and decorative objects on view through October 9. seminal retrospective of Impressionist artist Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) was produced in partnership with Paris’ Petit Palais. Assembled from museum and private collections from across the globe, the once-in-a-generation exhibition traces the arc of the insightful artist’s prolific career with 130 works spanning over a fifty-year time period, including twenty works from the Dixon’s own collection of 58 works by Forain. chronicler of Parisian life at the turn of the nineteenth century. At the beginning of his career, the young artist was closely associated with a group of bohemian writers and poets, often providing the illustrations for their publications, before being drawn into the Impressionist circle by Edgar Degas. With Degas’ support, Forain exhibited at four (1879, 1880, 1881, and 1886) of the eight landmark Impressionist exhibitions held in Paris between 1874 and 1886, showing mainly his scenes of bustling Parisian cafés, elegant soirées, and of the dazzling world of Parisian Opéra. foibles of human nature in Paris’ many newspapers, including Le Courrier Français and Le Monde, and when France became involved in World War I, the sixty-two year old patriot-artist enlisted in the Camouflage Unit, documenting soldier life through his expressive drawings. At the end of his life, Forain returned to what he knew best—dance subjects, both the ballerinas that he always adored and the dancers that had emerged in Paris’ jazz clubs in the 1920s, depicting them with the same honesty and wit that had always defined his work. dedicated to exposing and poking fun at human weaknesses throughout his career. His incredible skill as both a draughtsman and painter, as well as his unflinching honesty, influenced a generation of artists including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. much to the story of Impressionism. Showcasing only Forain’s finest works from public and private collections across the United States and Europe (including several works from the Forain family), Jean-Louis Forain: La Comédie parisienne is the exhibition of the year! collaboration with the Dixon Gallery & Gardens

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