![Portrait of Jean-Paul Laurens](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/laurens.jpg)
Jean-Paul Laurens Painting Reproductions 1 of 1
1838-1921
French Academic Classicism Painter
Jean-Paul Laurens (Fourquevaux, 1838 — Paris, 1921), was a French painter and sculptor.
He was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Bida, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Strongly anti-clerical and republican, his work was often on historical and religious themes, through which he sought to convey a message of opposition to monarchical and clerical oppression. His erudition and technical mastery were much admired in his time, but in later years his hyper-realistic technique, coupled to a highly theatrical mise-en-scène, came to be regarded as overly didactic and even involuntarily comical.
Laurens was commissioned to paint numerous public works by the French Third Republic, including the steel vault of the Paris city hall, the monumental series on the life of Saint Genevieve in the apse of the Panthéon, the decorated ceiling of the Odéon Theater, and the hall of distinguished citizens at the Toulouse capitol. He also provided illustrations for Augustin Thierry's Récits des temps mérovingiens ("Accounts of Merovingian Times").
Laurens was a professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he taught André Dunoyer de Segonzac and George Barbier. Two of his sons, Paul Albert Laurens (1870-1934) et Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932), became painters and teachers at the Académie Julian.
He was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Bida, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Strongly anti-clerical and republican, his work was often on historical and religious themes, through which he sought to convey a message of opposition to monarchical and clerical oppression. His erudition and technical mastery were much admired in his time, but in later years his hyper-realistic technique, coupled to a highly theatrical mise-en-scène, came to be regarded as overly didactic and even involuntarily comical.
Laurens was commissioned to paint numerous public works by the French Third Republic, including the steel vault of the Paris city hall, the monumental series on the life of Saint Genevieve in the apse of the Panthéon, the decorated ceiling of the Odéon Theater, and the hall of distinguished citizens at the Toulouse capitol. He also provided illustrations for Augustin Thierry's Récits des temps mérovingiens ("Accounts of Merovingian Times").
Laurens was a professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he taught André Dunoyer de Segonzac and George Barbier. Two of his sons, Paul Albert Laurens (1870-1934) et Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932), became painters and teachers at the Académie Julian.
11 Jean-Paul Laurens Paintings
![Men of the Holy Office, 1889 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens001.jpg)
Men of the Holy Office 1889
Oil Painting
$1559
$1559
SKU: LJP-4893
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Augustins museum, Toulouse, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Augustins museum, Toulouse, France
![The Agitator of Languedoc, 1887 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens002.jpg)
The Agitator of Languedoc 1887
Oil Painting
$2413
$2413
SKU: LJP-4894
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Augustins museum, Toulouse, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Augustins museum, Toulouse, France
![Pope Formosus (816-896) and Pope Stephen VII in 897, 1870 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens003.jpg)
Pope Formosus (816-896) and Pope Stephen VII in 897 1870
Oil Painting
$2575
$2575
SKU: LJP-4895
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
![The Last Moments of Maximilian, 1882 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens004.jpg)
The Last Moments of Maximilian 1882
Oil Painting
$2205
$2205
SKU: LJP-4896
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
![The Florentine, n.d. by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens005.jpg)
The Florentine n.d.
Oil Painting
$953
$953
SKU: LJP-4897
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee Petiet, Limoux, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee Petiet, Limoux, France
![The Excommunication of Robert the Pious, 1875 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens006.jpg)
The Excommunication of Robert the Pious 1875
Oil Painting
$2431
$2431
SKU: LJP-4898
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![Self Portrait, 1876 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens007.jpg)
Self Portrait 1876
Oil Painting
$1036
$1036
SKU: LJP-4899
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
![Saint John Chrysostom and Empress Eudoxie, 1893 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens008.jpg)
Saint John Chrysostom and Empress Eudoxie 1893
Oil Painting
$1578
$1578
SKU: LJP-4900
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Augustins museum, Toulouse, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Augustins museum, Toulouse, France
![The Cardinal, 1874 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens009.jpg)
The Cardinal 1874
Oil Painting
$1299
$1299
Canvas Print
$52.25
$52.25
SKU: LJP-4901
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: 81.5 x 57.5 cm
Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: 81.5 x 57.5 cm
Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
![Hostages, 1896 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens010.jpg)
Hostages 1896
Oil Painting
$1439
$1439
SKU: LJP-4902
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Lyon, France
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Musee des Beaux Arts, Lyon, France
![The Byzantine Emperor Honorius, 1880 by Jean-Paul Laurens | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean-Paul_Laurens/paintings-lg/laurens011.jpg)
The Byzantine Emperor Honorius 1880
Oil Painting
$1627
$1627
SKU: LJP-4903
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA
Jean-Paul Laurens
Original Size: unknown
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA