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Henri Laurens

Henri Laurens (1885 - 1954) was active/lived in France.  Henri Laurens is known for Modernist, abstract sculpture, collage, drawings.

Henri Laurens, born in Paris in 1885 as the son of a workman, trained at an early age in a decoration studio, where he modeled period-style ornaments and drew architectural designs. Afterwards Henri Laurens worked on building sites and scaffolding, where he learnt the hands-on side of hewing stone.  He also regularly attended the popular evening classes in drawing taught by "Papa Perrin," who instilled in his pupils a serious attitude to craftsmanship.

Laurens' first sculptures were influenced by Auguste Rodin until he met Georges Braque in 1911.  After encountering Cubism*, Henri Laurens began to translate the ideas of Analytical Cubism into sculpture, polychrome bas-relief* and collages*.  Picasso, who liked what Laurens was doing, introduced the fledgling sculptor to Léonce Rosenberg, who was so enthusiastic about Laurens' work that he bought some of it and supported Laurens throughout the war years.

A number of terracotta* and stone reliefs Henri Laur   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4470 characters.]  Artist bio

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