Laurens, Henri

Japanese: ローランス（英語表記）Laurens， Henri

Born: February 18, 1885 in Paris
Died May 5, 1954. Paris. French sculptor. Initially worked in interior design, then switched to fine arts. He was interested in Cubism, and associated with Picasso and Braque, developing Cubist sculpture. He participated in the "Section d'Or." His early works, which use a variety of materials and are composed of surfaces that deny volume, are counted among the first abstract sculptures of the 20th century. From the 1920s, he pursued curvaceous forms within the female form, and his simplified forms and soft curves showed a new direction in contemporary sculpture. His representative works include "Head" (Museum of Modern Art, New York).

Lowrance
Laurens, Jean-Paul

Born: March 30, 1838, Fouquetbaud
[Died] March 23, 1921. Paris. French painter. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, he went to Paris and studied under A. Cabanel. He painted religious and historical paintings based on historical facts from the Middle Ages. He became a member of the Academy in 1891. As a professor at the Academie Julian, he was also the teacher of Japanese painters Nakamura Fusetsu and Kanokogi Takeshiro, and in his later years he held important positions such as director of the Toulouse Museum of Fine Arts. His main work is the mural "The Death of Saint Genevieve" at the Pantheon in Paris.

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Japanese:

[生]1885.2.18. パリ
[没]1954.5.5. パリ
フランスの彫刻家。初めインテリアデザインの仕事に従事し，のち美術に転じた。キュビスムに興味を示し，ピカソ，ブラックたちと交わり，キュビスムの彫刻を発展させた。「セクシオン・ドール」に参加。多種の素材を用い量感を否定した面の構成による初期の作品は，20世紀最初の抽象彫刻の一つに数えられる。 1920年代からは女性の形態のなかに曲線的なフォルムを追究し，単純化したフォルムとやわらかい曲線は現代彫刻に新たな一方向を示した。代表作『頭』 (ニューヨーク近代美術館) など。

ローランス
Laurens， Jean-Paul

[生]1838.3.30. フーケボー
[没]1921.3.23. パリ
フランスの画家。ツールーズの美術学校で学んだのち，パリに出て，A.カバネルに師事。中世の史実に取材した宗教画，歴史画を描いた。 1891年アカデミー会員。アカデミー・ジュリアンの教授として，日本の中村不折，鹿子木孟郎 (かのこぎたけしろう) の師でもあり，晩年はツールーズ美術館館長などの要職にあった。主要作品はパリのパンテオンの壁画『聖ジュヌビエーブの死』。

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