first World War, Forain's illustrations honored the patriotism of his contemporaries, and he enlisted in the Section de Camouflage under Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola. In his later years, Forain created numerous scenes of the Law Courts and other Parisian institutions plus social satire caricatures of late 19th and early 20th century French life. In 1931, shortly before his death, he was made a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He was one of France's most famous and revered artists during his time. He was, perhaps, most highly respected for his numerous drawings which chronicled and commented on Parisian city life at the end of the 19th century. Followers and admirers of Forain's work included Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Nazi-looted art On 22 January 2020 two works by Jean-Louis Forain that had been found in the Gurlitt stash in Munich, hidden by the son of one of Hitler's art dealer's Hildebrand Gurlitt, were restituted to the heirs of the Jewish art collector Armand Dorville. Selected works References Sources Jean-Louis Forain: The Impressionist Years. Exhibition Catalogue. Dixon Gallery and Gardens,1995. "Jean-Louis Forain: Artist, Realist, Humanist." International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1982–1983. Charles Kunstler, Paris, F. Rieder & cie, 1931, 63 p. contient 60 planches hors-texte en héliogravure. Florence Valdes-Forain, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2011 External links Jean-Louis Forain exhibition catalogs Metropolitan Museum of Art Degas: The Artist's Mind, online exhibition catalog 1852 births 1931 deaths Artists from Reims 19th-century French painters French male painters French poster artists French portrait painters Religious painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French caricaturists Impressionist artists French etchers French editorial cartoonists 19th-century French lithographers 20th-century French lithographers Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Camoufleurs Members of the Ligue de la patrie française 20th-century French printmakers Honorary Members of the Royal Academy 19th-century French male artists