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Jean-Paul Laurens


 

Jean-Paul Laurens (Fourquevaux, 1838 ? Paris, 1921), was a French academic painter.

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Fourquevaux - 1838 - Paris - 1921 - French - Academic - Painter

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He was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Bida. As an anti-religious and republican person, he is known for his historical and religious themes through which he struggled against kings and religious tyranny. One of his best-known paintings depicts the mediæval "Cadaver Synod".

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Léon Cogniet - Alexandre Bida - Religious - Republican - Historical - Mediæval - Cadaver Synod

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