Marie Laurencin vs. Otto van Waëtjen – Which Artist Did It Better?
Happy Birthday, Marie Laurencin! Remember that husband of hers that thought he was the better artist? If you Google his name you get results for her work. Try it – his name was Otto van Waëtjen. We’ve already looked at their work side by side, but what if Marie actually painted one of his compositions?…
Marie Laurencin’s Ethereal Women
When I first saw the work of Marie Laurencin I wanted to melt into each painting and become part of the ethereal intimacy she created with every composition. Was that a lot? Because this is another artist that was a lot, but in a more subtle way than artists like Tamara de Lempicka. Marie grew…
October Artist of the Month: Marie Laurencin
Can you believe it’s October already?? Our tenth Artist of the Month this year is French artist Marie Laurencin. One of the few female Cubist painters (though she didn’t like to be seen as such), she spent most of her life in Paris at the forefront of the avant-garde movement. She used a limited palette…
