Painting by Ernest Laurent, friend of Seurat, Bouquet of Flowers, Impressionist, Grand Prix de Rome 1889

A painting from the 1900s depicting a bouquet of flowers, likely roses in a vase resting on a checkered tablecloth, a recurring and favorite subject of this discreet but talented painter, a close associate of Georges Seurat.

The style is distinctive, somewhere between Impressionism and the pointillist blur of the master Seurat.

From a regional estate, never auctioned or restored.
The canvas measures 55.5cm x 46.5cm. Delivery available via Chronopost for:
France €60
Europe €90
Other countries €160
*Ernest Laurent was born in Paris on June 8, 1859, and died in Bièvres on June 25, 1929.
A professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, married and a father, he discovered Bièvres in 1903.
His friends and neighbors Chardon, Paul Jamot (curator at the Louvre), Jean Hocquard (physician), and the painter Sidaner fostered a group of artists and intellectuals around him, which included Romain Rolland, Henri Bergson, and Vincent d’Indy.
A student of Hébert, Lehmann, and L.O. Merson, he received a travel grant at the 1885 Salon, which allowed him to visit Italy.

He returned to Rome as a resident of the Villa Medici after winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1889. His profound spirituality is evident even in his secular works—portraits and floral paintings—as well as in some religious compositions: the Annunciation (1885), St. Francis of Assisi, and a Baptism of Christ. A childhood friend of Seurat, he employed pointillism, from which he derived his distinctive blurred effects. Emerging from Impressionism, he was above all a portraitist and a painter of flowers: "A Poet of Portraiture." His works can be seen: in Paris at the Musée d'Art Moderne: Seated Woman.
At the Musée de Rennes: Landscape of Bièvres.
A major exhibition of his work was held at the Orangerie after his death in 1930, under the patronage of Gaston Doumergue, President of the Republic. He also executed four panels for the vestibule of the Sorbonne's grand amphitheater: Philosophy, History, Eloquence, and Lyric Poetry (1912-1913).

He was a member of the Council of National Museums and a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1903.

Source: Bièvres and its Celebrities in the 19th Century

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