European

Marie Laurencin

France 1885-1956
Self Portrait OP 104

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Painter, stage designer, and illustrator, Laurencin was largely self-taught. In 1907 a friend and dealer introduced her to Picasso, poet and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire (with whom she would live for several years), and their circle of artist friends. Although Laurencin was immersed in cubism through her association with these artists, she remained peripheral to the movement, concentrating instead on oval-faced portraits in pastel colors.

 

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