French Painter, ca.1885-1956
French painter, stage designer and illustrator. After studying porcelain painting at the Sevres factory (1901) and drawing in Paris under the French flower painter Madelaine Lemaire (1845-1928), in 1903-4 she studied at the Academie Humbert in Paris, where she met Georges Braque and Francis Picabia. In 1907 she first exhibited paintings at the Salon des Independants, met Picasso at Clovis Sagot gallery and through Picasso was introduced to the poet Guillaume Apollinaire. Laurencin and Apollinaire were soon on intimate terms, their relationship lasting until 1912. Related Paintings of Marie Laurencin :. | Shalelan and bird | Pigeon and flowers | Three dancer | The Girl wearing the barrette | Girl was borned settlement | Related Artists: Bernard Boutet de Monvel 1884 - 1949 Maria Chmielowska painted Nu debout in about 1895
John Skinner Prout (1805-76), nephew of the famous English watercolourist Samuel Prout (1783-1852)