(June 8, 1859 -- June 25, 1929) was a French painter and printmaker. He was born in Gentilly and died in Bievre. Laurent was a neo-impressionist artist whose main influences were his instructor Ernest Hebert and his friend Georges Seurat. Laurent took second prize in the Prix de Rome in 1889 and in 1890, Laurent arrived in Rome, where Hebert remained Director of the Academie de France. From Rome, he went to Assisi where he underwent a mystical experience. It would profoundly influence his art. The work he returned to Paris from Assisi was noted for its religious themes. Over time, profound religious devotion influenced his artistic motif and religious symbolism and scenery crept into his work. This aspect of his life ran counter to Seurat's materialism and the two parted ways.   Related Paintings of Ernest Laurent :. | Meeting of Relive Jesus and Mary | Twilight in the Wilderness | The Marriage at Cana | Detail of Smelt factory | The Love Conquerer |
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Charlotte Wahlstrom
painted Lake landscape at dusk in 1887
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painted Portrait of Charles Coiffier, in 1837
Jean-Baptiste Peronneau
French, 1715-1783