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Summary of Marie Laurencin
Marie Laurencin played a significant role in negotiating female and lesbian identity in early-20th century modern art movements dominated by men. From early in life, Laurencin was predominantly interested in worlds in which women moved independently and peacefully, creating self-portraits and scenes featuring animals and women which were striking in their thematic consistency. Laurencin's name was made through her association with Cubism, exhibiting with the Section d'Or and in the Armory Show, but as a mature artist resisted dominant artistic movements. Laurencin developed her own aesthetic, favouring escapist imagery in pastel hues, that was at once decorative and radical in its embrace of feminine tropes. The artist, throughout her life, embraced the ambiguous and the ephemeral, creating a body of work that offers a confident and self-sufficient vision of female affection and creativity.
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- Laurencin's images of female identity, oft
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Marie Laurencin
French painter, poet and printmaker
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Marie Laurencin
Marie Laurencin, c. 1912, Paris
Born (1883-10-31)31 October 1883 Paris, France
Died 8 June 1956(1956-06-08) (aged 72) Paris, France
Known for Painter Movement Cubism Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker.[1] She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.
Biography
[edit]Laurencin was born in Paris,[2] where she was raised by her mother and lived there for much of her life. At 18, she studied porcelain painting in Sèvres. She then returned to Paris and continued her art education at the Académie Humbert, where she changed her focus to oil painting.
During the early years of the 20th century, Laurencin was an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde. A
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“Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.”
Laurencin was a French avant-garde artist born in Paris and raised by her mother. She studied porcelain painting and drawing, exhibiting her first solo show in 1907.
It is said that so much of Laurencin’s work was inspired by her friendships and relationships with women, which is effuses from her work. There are very few men in Laurencin’s oeuvre and very few heterosexual pairings. Many of her paintings are of individual, coupled, and groups of women. It is interesting to think about how art was so heavily dominated by men at the time, and yet Laurencin was often surrounded by women writers, dancers, and artists, creating artwork that honored those connections and relationships.
Laurencin was openly bisexual. She was often a guest at Gertrude Stein’s salons, which included many queer artists. In fact, Laurencin’s first painting sale was reportedly to Gertrude Stein.
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