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Robert Laurent

Robert Laurent (1890 - 1970) was active/lived in Maine, New York.  Robert Laurent is known for Modernist figure sculpture, wood carving, teaching.

A sculptor, frame maker and educator, Robert Laurent came to New York City in 1901 from France, having been brought over from his home at Concarneau by artist Hamilton Field who painting in the area became aware of the special talent of Robert. Field also brought Robert's parents over, and employed them as caretakers in New York and later in Ogunquit, Maine.

Under the sponsorship of Field, Robert returned to Paris in 1905 as an apprentice to a dealer in Japanese prints. He also became much aware of emerging modernist art styles, and in Italy studied drawing and wood carving. As a young boy in Brittany, Robert had been much fascinated by Celtic sculpture found in granite calvaries at crossroads in his native land. He felt it sprang from the "soul of the a people" (Tragard 27) and not from preconceived, self-imposed style.

Returning to New York in 1910, he began carving frames for his artist friends including John LaFarge, Leon Kroll, Robert Henri, and Childe Hassam. The P   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3073 characters.]  Artist bio

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