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Jean Paul Laurens (1838-1921) 
Aliases: Jean-Paul Laurens
Professions: Painter; Etcher; Sculptor
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Jean-Paul Laurens , French 1838 - 1921 le chemin de la Maloche oil on canvas
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JEAN-PAUL LAURENS (FOURQUEVOUX 1838 - 1921 PARIS)
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Jean-Paul Laurens 1838 - 1921 , Study for the central figure in the ceiling of the Palais de la Legion d'Honneur oil on canvas. Together with Jean-Paul Laurens, The Fire, oil on panel, 16 by 21 in. (40.7 by 53.5 cm.). (2 works)
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Jean-Paul LAURENS - Étude d'un chevalier
Biography: Laurens
(b fourquevaux, haute-garonne, 28 march 1838; d paris, 23 march 1921). french painter, illustrator and teacher. at an early age he took lessons from a piedmont painter, pédoya, who had come to fourquevaux to decorate the village church. pédoya was a harsh teacher, and laurens moved to the nearby ecole des beaux-arts in toulouse. there he studied under jean-blaise villemsens (1806–59), the professor of sculpture, who took a great interest in him. in 1858 he won the prix de la ville de toulouse, which paid for him to complete his studies in paris. there he was a pupil first of alexandre bida (1823–95) and then of léon cogniet. after a single unsuccessful attempt to win the prix de rome, he made his début at the salon in 1863 with the death of cato (1863; toulouse, mus. augustins), which already revealed his fascination for historical subjects.
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