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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 fram... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (55)
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The Girl With the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the Modern Art Market
2006
Pollock, Lindsay
483 pages (color)
The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center
2006
Roussel, Christine
159 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Robert Laurent and American Figurative Sculpture 1910-1960 Selections from the John N. Stern Collection and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Tarbell, Roberta K.
55 pages
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993
Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss
479 pages
The Salons of America (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Marlor, Clark S
242 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
An American Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Richard York Gallery
88 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
A Century of Color, 1886-1986: Ogunquit, Maine's Art Colony (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Tragard, Louise; Patricia Hart and W.L. Copithorne
140 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Wooden, Howard E
151 pages
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
Sculpture in America (new and revised edition)
1984
Craven, Wayne
782 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
1979
Brown, Milton W (others)
616 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
200 Years of American Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Armstrong, Tom
336 pages (color)
In This Academy: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Boyle, Richard (Prefac); Frank Goodyear, Jr.; Louise Lippincott, et all
322 pages (color)
From Foreign Shores Three Centuries...Foreign Born American Masters (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Milwaukee Art Center
186 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
The Artist's America American Heritage History of
1973
Davidson, Marshall
416 pages (color)
American Art of the 20's and 30's (Three Catalogues Combined) (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Museum of Modern Art Editors
220 pages
Traveler's Guide to American Art
1968
Norman, Jane & Theodore
436 pages
American Art Since 1900 A Critical History
1967
Rose, Barbara
320 pages (color)
Art and Life in America Revised and Enlarged Edition
1966
Larkin, Oliver W
559 pages (color)
Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930 (Smithsonian Institution) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Breeskin, Adelyn D
84 pages (color)
Between the Fairs: 25 Years of American Art 1939-1964 (Exhibition catalog)
1964
Baur, John I H
91 pages (color)
Maine and Its Role in American Art, 1740-1953
1963
Chase, Mary Ellen; Louisa Dresser, Nina Fletcher Little, et all
178 pages (color)
Pioneers of Modern Art in America Decade of the Armory Show, 1910-1920
1963
Goodrich, Lloyd
94 pages (color)
The Decade of the Armory Show New Directions in American Art 1910-1920 (Exhibition catalog)
1963
Whitney Museum
79 pages (color)
American Art of Our Century
1961
Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur
309 pages (color)
The Arizona State College Collection of American Art
1954
Arizona State University
110 pages
Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art
1951
Baur, John I H
170 pages
Art Through the Ages (Third Edition)
1948
Gardner, Helen
851 pages (color)
Pioneers of Modern Art in America (Exhibition catalog)
1946
Whitney Museum
48 pages
Half a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1939
Art Institute of Chicago
110 pages
Modern Art in America
1939
Cheney, Martha Candler
190 pages
Art in Our Time Exhibition, Tenth Anniversary MoMA (Exhibition catalog)
1939
Museum of Modern Art
320 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Art in America In Modern Times (1865-1934)
1934
Cahill, Holger/Alfred H Barr
110 pages
A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1933
Harshe, Robert (Introduction)
215 pages
American Painting & Sculpture 1862-1932 (Exhibition catalog)