Main exhibitions held during Jean-Louis Forain’s lifetime
Individual Exhibitions
Paris, Galerie Boussod-Valadon, 1890
Paris, Galerie Berheim-Jeune, 1906, 1909
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, 1913
Paris, Galerie Nunès et Fiquet, 1918
London, Colnaghi Gallery, 1920
Paris, J. Allard & Co. Gallery, 1921
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1923
New York, Frederick Keppel Galleries, 1923, 1925
Paris, Galerie Sagot-Le Garrec, 1923
Omaha, Omaha Society of Fine Arts, 1923
Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1924
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery, 1925
New York, Knoedler & Co. Gallery, 1926, 1928
Group Exhibitions
Paris, 4th Impressionist Exhibition, 1879
Paris, 5th Impressionist Exhibition, 1880
Paris, 6th Impressionist Exhibition, 1881
Paris, Salon, 1884
Paris, Salon, 1885
Paris, 8th Impressionist Exhibition, 1886
New York, The Special Exhibition of Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, 1886
Brussels, Les XX, 5th Annual Exhibition, 1888
Copenhagen, Copenhagen Art Society, Scandinavian and French Impressionists, 1889
Paris, Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1890, 1919, from 1922 to 1931 (retrospective in 1923)
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Société de Pastellistes Français, 7th Annual Exhibition, 1891
Paris, Salon des Indépendants, 1903
London, International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, 1906, 1911
Paris, Salon des Humoristes et Salon de la Société des Dessinateurs Humoristes, de 1907 à 1931 (rétrospective en 1923)
Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, 1910
Brussels, Salon de La Libre Esthétique, 1912 (a room devoted to Jean-Louis Forain)
Barcelona, French Art Exhibition, 1917
New York, Arden Gallery, with Steinlen, 1919
Paris, with Jeanne Forain and Edith Blight Thomson, Chambre Syndicale des Beaux-Arts, 1921
New York, Kraushaar Galleries, with Daumier and Toulouse-Lautrec, 1923
Venice, Biennale, French Pavilion, 1924
New York, Kraushaar Galleries, with Daumier, Guys and Toulouse-Lautrec, 1927
Paris, Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français, 1927, 1929
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 28e Exposition Internationale, 1929
Paris, Galerie Marcel Guiot, with Daumier, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec, 1931
Principales expositions posthumes consacrées à Jean-Louis Forain
Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Forain 1852-1931, 27 April- 27 May 1945
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, J-L Forain Peintre, dessinateur et graveur, June-September 1952
Paris, Musée Marmottan, Forain, May-June 1978
Norton Gallery of Art West Palm Beach Florida, The Fine Arts Center, Cheekwood, Nashville, The MacNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas, Cedar Rapid Museum of Arts, The University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor Michigan, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Jean-Louis Forain Artist, Realist, Humanist, 1982-83
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Jean-Louis Forain 1852-1931, June-September 1982
Paris, Jean-Louis Forain, chroniqueur-illustrateur de guerre (1914-1919), Musée des Deux guerres mondiales, January-July 1986
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum Glasgow, The Burrell Collection, Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Paris, Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Forain The Impressionist Years, 10 March, 1995 au 15 May 1996 More info
Avignon, Musée Angladon et Les Baux-de-Provence, Musée Yves Brayer, Jean-Louis Forain 1852-1931, 8 April – 28 September 2003 More info
Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, The Dancer: Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec, 2 February – 11 May 2008 More info
Paris, Petit Palais, La Comédie parisienne, 10 March – 5 June 2011 More info
Memphis, Tennessee, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Jean-Louis Forain: La Comédie Parisienne, 26 June – 9 October 2011