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Jean-Paul Laurens
(28th Mar, 1838 - 23rd Mar, 1921)
Etude d'homme assis
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / image RMN-GP
Brest, musée des Beaux-Arts
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About the artwork
Title:
Etude d'homme assis
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
Inventory number:
Inv.73101
About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-Paul Laurens
Also known as:
Jean Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Fourquevoux
Born:
28th Mar, 1838
Dead:
23rd Mar, 1921
Country:
France
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Jean-Paul Laurens
(28 March 1838 – 23 March 1921) was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Laurens was born in Fourquevaux and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Bida. Strongly anti-clerical and republican, his work was often on historical and religious themes, through which he sought to convey a message of opposition to monarchical and clerical oppression. His erudition and technical mastery were much admired in his time, but in…
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