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Marie Laurencin Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

French, 1885-1956

Artist Marie Laurencin is best known for her enchanting portraits of women and young girls. The Parisian artist was linked to the avant-garde Cubist movement, but she endeavored to disassociate herself from the style as she instead drew on the Impressionist style of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in her paintings and prints, and created poetic, overtly sensual images of women in Fauvism’s subdued pastels at a time when the leagues of male artists around her became famous for making still lifes. 

Just as Renoir and other painters began their careers painting pottery in Limoges, Laurencin trained in porcelain painting in the southwestern suburbs of Paris before she studied oil painting at Académie Humbert alongside influential Cubist painter Georges Braque and French designer and painter Francis Picabia. Her circle consisted of widely known and reputable artists including Braque and Pablo Picasso, with whom she exhibited. Her romantic partners were both male and female over the years, and she repeatedly refused marriage proposals from the most famous art dealer at the time, Sir Joseph Duveen, Baronet. Laurencin had a romantic relationship with French poet Guillaume Apollinaire that lasted six years.

Laurencin produced most of her best known work throughout the 1920s. During this era, she worked with art dealer Paul Rosenberg although she frequently ignored his business advice. Known to only paint children she liked, Laurencin also charged men twice that of women, as well as brunettes more than blondes, and offered discounts for works she enjoyed doing and steeper prices for those she cared less for. 

Laurencin’s work increasingly attracted attention over time — she had more than ten solo exhibitions in 1939 alone and was commissioned for portraits by the likes of Jean Cocteau and Coco Chanel. (Revered fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld — who consistently displayed a knack for synthesizing old and new, high and low — drew on the work of Laurencin in his Spring/Summer 2011 collection for Chanel.)

Laurencin’s six illustrations of "Alice" in a 1930 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland comprise a small sample of the art she made that is held in the public collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Her works are also held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d’Orsay and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. In 1983, a museum opened in her honor — the Musée Marie Laurencin in Nagano, Japan. At the time, it was the only museum in the world to focus solely on a female painter. 

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Artist: Marie Laurencin
Colorful flowers - Original pencil drawing, 1953
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Colorful flowers, 1953 Original pencil drawing Signed by artist stamp On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch) Very good conditi...
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1950s Modern Marie Laurencin Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil, Color Pencil

Floral Ornament - Original ink drawing, 1953
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Floral Ornament, 1953 Original ink drawing Signed by artist stamp On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch) Very good condit...
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1950s Modern Marie Laurencin Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Spring Blossom : Leaves in Blue - Original pencil drawing, 1953
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Spring Blossom : Leaves in Blue, 1953 Original pencil drawing Signed by artist stamp On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch) Very good condition, marks of the ...
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1950s Modern Marie Laurencin Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil, Color Pencil

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Marie Laurencin landscape drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Marie Laurencin landscape drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Marie Laurencin in charcoal, color pencil, pencil and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1950s and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Marie Laurencin landscape drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Yves Brayer, William Grauer, and Alfred Bendiner. Marie Laurencin landscape drawings and watercolors prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,941 and tops out at $2,372, while the average work can sell for $2,068.
Questions About Marie Laurencin Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025
    Marie Laurencin is famous for being an artist. She is best known for her enchanting portraits of women and young girls. The Parisian artist was linked to avant-garde Cubism, yet she endeavored to disassociate herself from the movement. She instead drew on the Impressionist style of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in her paintings and prints and created poetic, sensual images of women in Fauvism’s subdued pastels. Find a collection of Marie Laurencin art on 1stDibs.

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