Fontaine’s work is defined by its 20th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier Fontaine) in a Pink Shawl
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940)
Emile De Girardin
Fontaine French, 19th century
Alexandre Dumas, fils (French novelist and playwright, 1824-1895)
Plate 55, from The Fables of La Fontaine
Marc Chagall French, born Belarus, 1887-1985
Bust of Pierre François Leonard Fontaine
Louis Messidor Lebon Petitot (French, 1794–1862)
Fontaine Rue de Sevres
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927
Plate 82, from The Fables of La Fontaine
Fontaine, place de la Concorde, Paris
Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889
La fontaine (The Fountain)
Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790) after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)
Portrait of La Fontaine
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910
Château Fontaine, Fleury: La Chapelle
Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943
Versailles, Fontaine de Diane, (Detail)
Versailles, Cour de Marbre, Fontaine
La Fontaine du square de l'Archevêché; Derrière Notre-Dame
Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887
Jean de La Fontaine
Pierre Michel Alix (French, 1762-1817) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)
Versailles, Fontaine dans la Cour de Marbre
Versailles, Fontaine du Point du Jour
Eight Fables of La Fontaine (Furnishing Fabric)
After Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) Manufactured by Hartmann et Fils (French, founded 1776) France, Munster
Percier and Fontaine Collection
Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853) Charles Percier (1764-1838)