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Henri Laurens

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Born in Paris, Henri Laurens worked as a stonemason before he became a sculptor. From 1899 to 1902, he attended drawing classes at the École d'Art Industriel, during which he produced works that were greatly influenced by the popularity of
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Prize, which brought him in additional commissions. In 1938, he shared an exhibition with Braque and Picasso that travelled to major
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Laurens was exempted from call-up for the First World War, after having a leg amputated in 1909 due to osteo-tuberculosis.
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cities. In 1947, he made prints for book illustrations. In 1948, he exhibited his art at the important international
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Henri Laurens, in Celine Arnauld, Tournevire: Roman. Paris: Editions de "L'Esprit nouveau", 1919, p. 6
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Henri Laurens died in Paris, after collapsing while out on an evening walk, and was interred in the
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Many of his sculptures are massive objects. An example of this style is the monumental piece
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Georges Braque (1882-1963), Henri Laurens (1885-1954): Drawings, Gouaches and Collages
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Cubism and its Enemies, Modern Movements and Reaction in French Art, 1916–1928
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in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
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Later Laurens was drawn to a new gathering of artistic creativity in
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Laurens' sculptural work influenced the work of architect
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Multi-talented, Laurens worked with poster paint, and
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Henry Laurens (politician)
Henry Laurens (scholar)


L'Esprit Nouveau
sculptor
illustrator
Auguste Rodin
Montparnasse
Cubist
Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque
Juan Gris
Fernand Léger

Amphion
Central University of Venezuela
Caracas
collage
Pierre Reverdy
Helena Rubinstein
Scandinavian
Venice Biennale
Basel
Switzerland
L'Amphion
Central University of Venezuela
Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Jørn Utzon
Cimetière du Montparnasse

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