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French, 20th century, male.
Born 14 March 1879, in Sées; died 1934.
Draughtsman, illustrator. Comic strips.
Louis Forton was the son of a horse dealer and worked as a stable boy and jockey. In 1907 his drawings for The Adventures of Séraphin Laricot (Les Aventures de Séraphin Laricot) were published, followed the next year by The Exploits of Isidore MacAron (Les Exploits d'Isidore
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Subjects: Art ; Biographical Studies
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