Jean-Emile Laboureur

(French, 1877–1943)

Jean-Emile Laboureur was a French artist best known for his woodcuts and etchings of daily life. Born on August 16, 1877 in Nantes, France, he went to Paris in 1895 to study law but dropped out and enrolled at the Académie Julian. The artist Auguste Lepère taught him wood engraving, while Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec trained him in etching and lithography. Between 1899 and 1911, Laboureur lived in Germany, America, Canada, England, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. While in the United States, he produced his first series of prints, Ten Etchings from Pittsburgh (1905), and taught at the Art Students League in New York. In 1911, he returned to Paris and developed what would become his signature style. Though Laboureur was initially inspired by Lautrec and the Primitivism of Paul Gaugin, he is considered to be the first printmaker to be strongly influenced Cubism. By the end of World War I, the artist had gained wide acclaim as a book designer and illustrator. The artist died on June 16, 1943 in Pénestin, France. Today, Laboureur’s works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, and the Art Institute in Chicago, among others.

Jean-Emile Laboureur Artworks

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Les courses, 1898

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Les courses, 1898

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Le bal Bullier, 1898

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Le bal Bullier, 1898

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La procession (+ Le régiment qui passe,..., 1899

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La procession (+ Le régiment qui passe,..., 1899

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Le clown aux chiens, 1913

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Le clown aux chiens, 1913

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Le vin blanc, 1913

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Le vin blanc, 1913

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Viaduc à Monaco, 1931

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Viaduc à Monaco, 1931

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La ruelle du Croizic

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La ruelle du Croizic

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L'Amazone au lévrier, 1913

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L'Amazone au lévrier, 1913

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Le marché, le matin, 1896

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Le marché, le matin, 1896

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Hamptons

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Hamptons

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Portrait, 1917

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Portrait, 1917

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Paysanne à Smyrne

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Paysanne à Smyrne

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Élégante à la canne

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Élégante à la canne

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Sortie de théâtre à Londres, 1911

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Sortie de théâtre à Londres, 1911

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Le kiosque a journaux, 1920–1929

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Le kiosque a journaux, 1920–1929

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Graphismes (suite of 10), 1931

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Graphismes (suite of 10), 1931

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Andromède, 1935

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Andromède, 1935

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La pêche côtière (Kerfahler, Pénestin), 1934

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La pêche côtière (Kerfahler, Pénestin), 1934

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Frontispice des contes de Perrault, 1928

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Frontispice des contes de Perrault, 1928

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L'Envers du music-hall, de Colette (suite of , 1925

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L'Envers du music-hall, de Colette (suite of , 1925

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Les amoureux du bord de l'eau, 1925

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Les amoureux du bord de l'eau, 1925

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Modiste aux quatre chapeaux, 1912

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Modiste aux quatre chapeaux, 1912

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Le cor au papier peint rayé (pl. for..., 1907

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Le cor au papier peint rayé (pl. for..., 1907

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Marine, pl.1-4

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Marine, pl.1-4

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