Graves International Art - Ernest Laurent

Title: "Portrait"
Portfolio: Gazette Des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1901
Medium: Original Lithograph
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Sheet size: 11" x 7"
Image size: 8" x 5.5"
Reference: Sanchez/Seydoux 1901-12
Price: SOLD

Ernest Joseph Laurent (June 8, 1859 – June 25, 1929) was a French painter and printmaker. He was born in Gentilly and died in Bièvre. Laurent was a neo-impressionist artist whose main influences were his instructor Ernest Hébert and his friend Georges Seurat. Laurent took second prize in the Prix de Rome in 1889 and in 1890, Laurent arrived in Rome, where Hébert remained Director of the Académie de France. From Rome, he went to Assisi where he underwent a mystical experience. It would profoundly influence his art. The work he returned to Paris from Assisi was noted for its religious themes. Over time, profound religious devotion influenced his artistic motif and religious symbolism and scenery crept into his work. This aspect of his life ran counter to Seurat's materialism and the two parted ways.

Title: "Sicile"
Portfolio: Gazette Des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1911
Medium: Original Lithograph
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Sheet size: 10.75" x 6.75"
Image size: 7.5" x 6"
Reference: Sanchez/Seydoux 1911-4
Price: $350