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Laurencin

American  
[law-rahn-san] / lɔ rɑ̃ˈsɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Marie 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.


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On a fateful day in 1907, Pieret got up off the couch and told Marie Laurencin, a painter and Apollinaire’s partner, that he was going to the Louvre that afternoon.

From Literature

Marie Laurencin figured that Pieret was going shopping.

From Literature

Even his partner, Marie Laurencin, ignored him.

From Literature

A more serious look at reputation and male genius might have introduced a work by at least one female Cubist: perhaps Alice Bailly, or Marie Vassilieff, or Alice Halicka, or Marie Laurencin, or Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, or María Blanchard, or even Australia’s own Anne Dangar.

From New York Times

As a girl I was allowed to do things that were "pretty," but I hated Marie Laurencin.

From Salon