Marie Laurencin ( French Marie Laurencin , October 31, 1883 - June 8, 1956 ) - French artist and engraver.
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| Birth name | Marie laurencin |
| Date of Birth | October 31, 1883 |
| Place of Birth | Paris |
| Date of death | June 8, 1956 (72 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
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Biography
Marie's mother was a seamstress Pauline Melanie Laurencin. Marie attended classes at the Lyceum of Lamartine, then took painting lessons on porcelain in Sevres and Madeleine Lemaire [1] . She entered the Amber Academy, where she met with Georges Braque . On the advice of Henri-Pierre Rocher, she participated in the 1907 Independent Salon . In the same year, Picasso introduced her to Guillaume Apollinaire . Their passionate relationship lasted until 1912 . He dedicated poetry to her and inspired her for the painting Apollinaire and His Friends ( 1912 ), including Picasso and Gertrude Stein . In parallel with painting, she engraved with Jean-Emile Laburer.
In June 1914, she married Baron Otto von Wätjen, whom she had met on Montparnasse a year earlier. Soon after the outbreak of war, the couple left for Spain, first to Madrid, then to Malaga and Barcelona. She received great support from her friend Nicole Gruult (fashion designer, sister of the famous Paul Poiret ), with whom she corresponded during the exile. Then Marie wrote her first poems, which were included in the collection “Night Notebook”. Thanks to Francis Picabia, Marie met in Madrid with Sonya and Robert Delaunay .
In 1920, she returned to Paris , divorced and began to independently build a career as an artist. She establishes fruitful cooperation with many poets and writers whose works she illustrates, among them Andre Gide , Paul Moran , Jacques de Lacretel , Max Jacob , Saint-Jean-Perseus , Marcel Juandeau , Jean Cocteau , Jean Polan , Somerset Maugham and many others. Marie Laurencin also painted sets for ballet and theater, including for Diaghilev's Russian ballets .
Her work at the exhibition of decorative arts in 1925 aroused admiration of the public. The artist subsequently finds inspiration in easel painting. She participates in the artistic life of Paris in the turbulent twenties. After the economic crisis of 1929 , she began to teach at the Academy of the XVIth. By old age, her vision deteriorates. In her will, she left the property of her adopted daughter Susanne Moreau-Laurencin .
She was engaged in engraving and woodcarving, having been influenced by African sculpture, made illustrations and scenery for Comedy Frances (1928) and Russian ballet by Sergey Diaghilev (1924), wrote poems under the pseudonym Louise Lalanne, but her paintings are most famous for, which combines Rococo motifs of the 18th century. and the style of Persian and Mongolian miniatures. Preferring light pink and blue tones, Marie Laurencin created numerous portraits of women and children, she was also attracted to circus characters. The female images of the artist, once called 'creatures of the country of fairies', are invariably charming.
She was buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery [2] .
Legacy
The artist’s museum was opened in Tokyo ( 1985 [3] ) by Japanese industrialist Masahiro Takano. In 2011, the museum was closed after a change of leadership and reopened in July 2017. Currently, the Museum's collection includes more than 600 works by Laurencin, including paintings, many drawings and watercolors, prints and book illustrations [4] .
Marie Laurencin's works are also exhibited at the Tate Gallery in London, at the Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama), at the Roger Killot Museum in Clermont Ferrand, and at the Orangerie Museum in Paris.
Interesting Facts
The name of the artist is mentioned in the famous song L'été indien (Indian summer) by the French singer Joe Dassin. "... In your long dress, you looked like a watercolor by Marie Laurencin."
A new wave of interest in Laurencin's work was caused by the publication in 2011 of her biography, written by French writer and journalist Bertrand Meyer-Stable . In the spring of 2013, an exhibition of works by Marie Laurencin was held at the Paris Marmottan-Monet Museum , rediscovering the artist’s work to the general public.
In the film directed by Fernando Colomo “Banda Picasso” La Banda Picasso, (2012) the role of Marie Laurencin is played by French actress Louise Mono .
Notes
- ↑ Bertrand Meyer-Stabley, Marie Laurencin , c. 84, Pygmalion, Paris, 2011, ISBN 978-2-7564-0430-1
- ↑ Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) - Find A Grave Memorial
- ↑ About Musée Marie Laurencin
- ↑ Marie Laurencin Museum .