Laurencin, << law rahn SAN, >> Marie (1883-1956), was a French painter and designer. Her best-known images portray young women, often during moments of leisure. Laurencin created a youthful, slender female type associated with the fashionable dress of the 1920’s. She painted in a decorative style readily adapted to graphic art and commercial design. She became a successful portrait painter and designer of book illustrations, stage sets, wallpaper, and textiles.
Laurencin was born on Oct. 31, 1883, in Paris. As a female artist whose work focused on decorative, female imagery, she was not always taken seriously in art circles dominated by men. She died on June 8, 1956.
