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)
Fontaine French, 19th century

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
Marc Chagall French, born Belarus, 1887-1985

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)
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927

Versailles, Cour de Marbre, Fontaine
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927

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
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927

Versailles, Fontaine du Point du Jour
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927

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)