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Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker, recognized as a significant figure in the Parisian avant-garde and a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. Born in Paris and raised by her mother, Laurencin studied porcelain painting in Sèvres at the age of 18 before shifting her focus to oil painting at the Académie Humbert. In the early 20th century, she became an influential artist, exhibiting alongside notable Cubists such as Jean Metzinger and Henri le Fauconnier at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne. Laurencin was romantically linked to the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, often regarded as his muse, and had connections to the salon of American expatriate writer Natalie Clifford Barney, engaging in both heterosexual and lesbian relationships. During World War I, Laurencin left France for Spain with her German-born husband, Baron Otto von Waëtjen, which led to her loss of French citizenship. After their divorce in 1920, she returned to Paris and found financial success as an artist until the economic depression of the 1930s, during which she worked as an art instructor. She continued to live in Paris until her death. Laurencin's artistic repertoire includes paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints, and she is celebrated as one of the few female Cubist painters. Influenced by Pablo Picasso and other

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