Robert Laurent (1890-1970)
Robert Laurent was born in France and arrived New York City in 1901. He was a talented sculptor and frame maker who trained in Paris, New York and Rome. He carved frames for many friends and artists including Childe Hassam, John LaFarge, Robert Henri, and the colector Albert Barnes. His sculpture was created from various mediums: woood, albaster, marble, stone and clay.
His own collection of folk art was legendary and he taught from 1923 through 1959 at the Art Students League in New York, the Ogunquit School of Painting and Sculpture in Main, and at Indiana University.
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