Jean-Louis’s work is defined by its 18th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
The Fear of Love
Jean Louis Lemoyne (French, 1665–1755)
Tight-Rope Walker
Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
Model for a Statue of Louis XV
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II (French, 1704–1778)
E-21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740-60
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966
Bust of a Man (Alexis Piron?)
E-23: French Dining Room of the Periods of Louis XV and Louis XIV
In the Wings
Head of a Guillotined Man
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)
E-24: French Salon of the Louis XVI Period, c. 1780
The Clothing of the Prisoner of war
Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931) printed by Champenois, Paris
E-18: French Salon of the Louis XIV Period, 1660-1700
E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century
E-19: French Dining Room of the Louis XIV Period, 1660-1700
E-20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720
The Defense of Paris
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)
Man Lighting Girl's Cigarette (Jean Patchett), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009
Laffitte Street
Jean Louis Forain French, 1852-1931
Black & White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York
Portrait of Jean-Louis Robin
Jean–Auguste–Dominique Ingres French, 1780–1867
"I don't dare take them down yet...it would hurt him too much"