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Christopher Forbes also welcomes artists from around the world, who find inspiration there to create their art. Christopher Forbes has served as the Founding Chairman of the American Friends of the Louvre for more than a dozen years. Thanks to him, the Louvre has received significant funding, allowing it to welcome more visitors, enhance its collections and increase research programs. Forbes is considered one of the best ambassadors for one of France’s most cherished cultural treasures. Additionally, he established the International Council of the Louvre, supporting the Louvre’s international projects. Napoleon III and the Second Empire are another one of Christopher Forbes’s French passions, ever since his father gave him a portrait of Napoleon III for his 16th birthday. He has since become an expert on the life and work of Napoleon III. Christopher Forbes has an impressive collection of material relating to this key period in French history. He enjoys pointing out that Napoleon III, although a little-known political figure, occupied a unique position in history by being both the last French sovereign and the first democratically elected President of the Republic.