1825 Carpentras, France - 1901 Saint-Didier, Vaucluse, France. Known for: Still life and landscape painting, drawings, graphic arts, expedition artist.
LAURENS, Jules Joseph Augustin, French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who depicted Oriental and other subjects (b. 26 July 1825 at Carpentras; d. 5 May 1901 at Saint-Didier, Vaucluse).... Read full biography
LAURENS, Jules Joseph Augustin, French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who depicted Oriental and other subjects (b. 26 July 1825 at Carpentras; d. 5 May 1901 at Saint-Didier, Vaucluse). He trained as a pupil of his elder brother, Jean Joseph Bonaventure (1801-90), and then studied at... Read full biography
LAURENS, Jules Joseph Augustin, French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who depicted Oriental and other subjects (b. 26 July 1825 at Carpentras; d. 5 May 1901 at Saint-Didier, Vaucluse). He trained as a pupil of his elder brother, Jean Joseph Bonaventure (1801-90), and then studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he held his first exhibition in 1840. Chosen almost by chance to accompany X. Hommaire de Hell in his mission to Turkey and Persia (1846-48), Jules Laurens made over a... Read full biography
LAURENS, Jules Joseph Augustin, French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who depicted Oriental and other subjects (b. 26 July 1825 at Carpentras; d. 5 May 1901 at Saint-Didier, Vaucluse). He trained as a pupil of his elder brother, Jean Joseph Bonaventure (1801-90), and then studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he held his first exhibition in 1840. Chosen almost by chance to accompany X. Hommaire de Hell in his mission to Turkey and Persia (1846-48), Jules Laurens made over a thousand sketches and drawings of sites and costumes; and he drew many portraits on demand for Persian and European personalities in Persia. In his writing, Nazar-Andaz, he related his companion’s last days and death at Isfahan (20 August 1848), which... Read full biography
LAURENS, Jules Joseph Augustin, French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who depicted Oriental and other subjects (b. 26 July 1825 at Carpentras; d. 5 May 1901 at Saint-Didier, Vaucluse). He trained as a pupil of his elder brother, Jean Joseph Bonaventure (1801-90), and then studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he held his first exhibition in 1840. Chosen almost by chance to accompany X. Hommaire de Hell in his mission to Turkey and Persia (1846-48), Jules Laurens made over a thousand sketches and drawings of sites and costumes; and he drew many portraits on demand for Persian and European personalities in Persia. In his writing, Nazar-Andaz, he related his companion’s last days and death at Isfahan (20 August 1848), which was then in a state of political turmoil. He was able to proceed to Tehran, with many difficulties, only with the hel... Read full biography
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