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.

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Le café de la poste (Le Croisic), 1923

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Le café de la poste (Le Croisic), 1923

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Promenade à la chapelle, près le Pouldu - A..., 1923

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Promenade à la chapelle, près le Pouldu - A..., 1923

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Le café sur le port - The harbour café..., 1923

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Le café sur le port - The harbour café..., 1923

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Le sémaphore (The semaphore, Le Croisic), 1923

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Le sémaphore (The semaphore, Le Croisic), 1923

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Marine aux quatre bateaux (Seascape with..., 1923

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Marine aux quatre bateaux (Seascape with..., 1923

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Baigneuse grasse (The fat bather), 1923

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Baigneuse grasse (The fat bather), 1923

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Pêcheurs causant - A fishermen's..., 1922

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Pêcheurs causant - A fishermen's..., 1922

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Figure, 1923

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Figure, 1923

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Le vieux pêcheur (The old fisherman), 1923

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Le vieux pêcheur (The old fisherman), 1923

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En forêt (Walking through the forest), 1922

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En forêt (Walking through the forest), 1922

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La promenade au moulin, près Guérande (A..., 1922

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La promenade au moulin, près Guérande (A..., 1922

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Orage (Thunderstorm, Le Croisic), 1922

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Orage (Thunderstorm, Le Croisic), 1922

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La marchande de palourdes (The clam seller,..., 1922

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La marchande de palourdes (The clam seller,..., 1922

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Maisons du Croisic (Houses at Le Croisic), 1922

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Maisons du Croisic (Houses at Le Croisic), 1922

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La jetée (The pier), 1922

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La jetée (The pier), 1922

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Les aquarellistes (The watercolourists), 1922

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Les aquarellistes (The watercolourists), 1922

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L'Amour au bois - Lovers in the woods (incl. , 1922

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L'Amour au bois - Lovers in the woods (incl. , 1922

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La blanchisseuse (The laundry girl), 1922

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La blanchisseuse (The laundry girl), 1922

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Jeune fille au chapeau blanc (Young woman..., 1921

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Jeune fille au chapeau blanc (Young woman..., 1921

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Jeunes filles sur le port, Le Croisic -..., 1920

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Jeunes filles sur le port, Le Croisic -..., 1920

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Le kiosque à journaux (The newspaper stand)

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Le kiosque à journaux (The newspaper stand)

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La fille au litre, petite planche (Serving..., 1920

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La fille au litre, petite planche (Serving..., 1920

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Paysage au tunnel (Landscape with tunnel), 1920

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Paysage au tunnel (Landscape with tunnel), 1920

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ANZACS (Australia New Zealand Army Corps), 1918–1922

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ANZACS (Australia New Zealand Army Corps), 1918–1922

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