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Marie Laurencinartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsmanParijs 1883-1956

biography of 'Marie' Mélanie Laurencin

The French painter Marie Laurencin has become world famous for her lyrical female figures, portraits and flower still lifes, painted in a light, delicate palette. She was trained as a porcelain painter and then attended one of the many academies in Paris in the first decades of the 20th century: the Académie Humbert. There it was the painter Georges Braque who introduced her to the artistic circle around Picasso, the Bateau-Lavoir. The painter's early work therefore shows the influence of these Cubists. From there she developed her own style. Besides as a painter, Laurencin was active in many other areas; she designed sets, carpets, clothing and fabrics and illustrated books. Her work can be seen in all major Parisian museums.


previously for salepaintings, watercolours and drawings by Marie Laurencin


Marie Laurencin | Flower still life, oil on canvas, 35.2 x 56.4 cm, signed l.l.

Marie Laurencin

painting • previously for sale

Flower still life


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