Jean-Paul Laurens

1838-1921 French Jean Paul Laurens Gallery was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Born in Fourquevaux, he was a pupil of L??on Cogniet and Alexandre Bida. Strongly anti-clerical and republican, his work was often on historical and religious themes, through which he sought to convey a message of opposition to monarchical and clerical oppression. His erudition and technical mastery were much admired in his time, but in later years his hyper-realistic technique, coupled to a highly theatrical mise-en-sc??ne, came to be regarded as overly didactic and even involuntarily comical. Laurens was commissioned to paint numerous public works by the French Third Republic, including the steel vault of the Paris city hall, the monumental series on the life of Saint Genevieve in the apse of the Panth??on, the decorated ceiling of the Od??on Theater, and the hall of distinguished citizens at the Toulouse capitol. He also provided illustrations for Augustin Thierry's R??cits des temps m??rovingiens ("Accounts of Merovingian Times"). Laurens was a professor at the École nationale sup??rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he taught Andr?? Dunoyer de Segonzac and George Barbier. Two of his sons, Paul Albert Laurens (1870-1934) and Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932), became painters and teachers at the Acad??mie Julian. He died in Paris in 1921.


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Jean-Paul Laurens The Excommunication of Robert the Pious oil


The Excommunication of Robert the Pious
Painting ID::  2360
The Excommunication of Robert the Pious
1875 Musee d'Orsay, Paris
1875_ Musee_d'Orsay,_Paris
   
   
     

Jean-Paul Laurens Ruins of the Palace of Asraf oil


Ruins of the Palace of Asraf
Painting ID::  40076
Ruins of the Palace of Asraf
mk155 undated Oil on canvas 65x55cm
mk155 undated Oil_on_canvas 65x55cm
   
   
     

Jean-Paul Laurens Vann-s Rock oil


Vann-s Rock
Painting ID::  40077
Vann-s Rock
mk155 1880 Oil on canvas 134x88cm
mk155 1880 Oil_on_canvas 134x88cm
   
   
     

Jean-Paul Laurens Palace of the French Mission in Teheran oil


Palace of the French Mission in Teheran
Painting ID::  40078
Palace of the French Mission in Teheran
mk155 between 1846 and 1849 Drawing and Watercolor 50x32cm
   
   
     

Jean-Paul Laurens Harem interior in Teheran oil


Harem interior in Teheran
Painting ID::  40079
Harem interior in Teheran
mk155 1848 Drawing and watercolor 44x34cm
mk155 1848 Drawing_and_watercolor_ 44x34cm
   
   
     

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     1838-1921 French Jean Paul Laurens Gallery was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Born in Fourquevaux, he was a pupil of L??on Cogniet and Alexandre Bida. Strongly anti-clerical and republican, his work was often on historical and religious themes, through which he sought to convey a message of opposition to monarchical and clerical oppression. His erudition and technical mastery were much admired in his time, but in later years his hyper-realistic technique, coupled to a highly theatrical mise-en-sc??ne, came to be regarded as overly didactic and even involuntarily comical. Laurens was commissioned to paint numerous public works by the French Third Republic, including the steel vault of the Paris city hall, the monumental series on the life of Saint Genevieve in the apse of the Panth??on, the decorated ceiling of the Od??on Theater, and the hall of distinguished citizens at the Toulouse capitol. He also provided illustrations for Augustin Thierry's R??cits des temps m??rovingiens ("Accounts of Merovingian Times"). Laurens was a professor at the École nationale sup??rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he taught Andr?? Dunoyer de Segonzac and George Barbier. Two of his sons, Paul Albert Laurens (1870-1934) and Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932), became painters and teachers at the Acad??mie Julian. He died in Paris in 1921.

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