In the Park at Versailles (first plate) (1909)
Jean-Louis Forain1909 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1931)
Specifications
- Year
- 1909
- Nationality / school
- French
- Lifespan
- 1852–1931
About the artwork
"In the Park at Versailles (first plate)" (1909) is a work by Jean-Louis Forain. Drawings, a short history: Artists have long used drawings to plan paintings, sculptures, and buildings, so a sketch can show how an idea developed. Because line carries so much of the effect, drawings tend to reward close looking at the quality of the mark. Context for 1909: Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design. Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The catalogue places it in Drawings. The format is landscape.
"In the Park at Versailles (first plate)" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
French, 1852–1931
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