Jean Louis Forain
JeanLouis Forain was a French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher.
Forain was born in Reims, Marne but at age eight, his family moved to Paris. He began his career working as a caricaturist for several Paris journals including Le Monde Parisien and Le rire satirique. Wanting to expand his horizons, he enrolled at the cole des Beaux Arts, studying under JeanLon Grme as well as another sculptorpainter, JeanBaptiste Carpeaux. Forains quick and often biting wit allowed him to befriend poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine as well as many writers, most notably JorisKarl Huysmans. He was one of only seven known recipients to receive a first edition of A Season in Hell directly from Rimbaud. He was the youngest artist to frequent and participate in the feverish debates led by douard Manet and Edgar Degas at the Caf de la Nouvelle Athnes in Montmartre.
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