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Encyclopedia > Marie Laurencin
Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949
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Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949

Marie Laurencin (October 31, 1883 — June 8, 1956) was a Parisian painter and engraver. Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Oct. ... Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Oct. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...


She was born in Paris, and lived there for her entire life except during the first World War. In 1914, she first went to Spain with her German born husband, Baron Otto von Waëtjen, and then briefly lived with him in Düsseldorf. After they divorced in 1920, she returned to Paris. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...


Her work, influenced by Picasso, often showed theater scenes. However, her early work mainly depicted young girls. She preferred to work with pastels. Through her friend Guillaume Apollinaire, she knew the main Cubists. A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist house in Prague Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. ...


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Apollinaire, Laurencin's romantic partner during some of these early years, published the first reviews of her work as early as 1912 and was the source of both of the two dominant framing devices for Laurencin's œuvre in the period prior to the Great War.
Laurencin became a part of this extended family; she was one of the many artists drawn to Barney's orbit, just as, according to Louÿs's version of the story, Bilitis had become part of the circle of Sappho.
For an understanding of Laurencin's work and of the experiments that she was engaged in, it is essential to investigate these persistent images of female intimacy and collaboration and the numerous themes of lesbian neoclassicism that she drew upon in her images.
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