Laurence Sutton
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| Born | Weber 21 June 1928 Paris, France |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes |
| Known for | Drawing, architecture and design |
Laurence Sutton was born in Paris on 21 June 1928, her birth name was Weber. Her parents whose family included generations of artists, recognized an early flair for drawing, and encouraged her to pursue her talent.
Early years (1949–1970)
In 1949 she is admitted to the https://beauxartsnantes.fr/fr/node/19 Ecole des Beaux Arts de Nantes (Nantes Art School), then from 1950 she studies drawing, architecture and design. In 1951 she meets the statuary Robert Coutin,[1] restorer in charge of the Cathedral of Reims, disciple of Boudelle, of Andre Lhote and honored friend of Henri Focillon[2]. Robert Coutin was also the descendent of several generations of sculptors who transmitted a teaching that reaches back through epochs as distant as Roman and Gothic art. Laurence recognizes that what she had been looking for was precisely a form of art that she had now found in this type of transmission from a source of a living language. After four years of intensive study and one year at the School of Fine Art in Milan (Beaux Art de Milan), she marries Mel.R.Sabre, an American lieutenant, parachuted into France behind the lines at Utah Beach the night of 6 June 1944 at the age of 19. Later, he obtained a grant for studying at the Sorbonne in Paris. They have an only son, Mike Sabre, known as a French guitarmaker.
The family move to Monaco, then to New York. Laurence becomes used to the fast-paced American city where she works as an illustrator for publicity agencies and publications such as The New York Times and Newsweek. However, she continues to draw for herself, consolidating her own form of art. She does numerous full foot portraits creating a very personal universe for each of her models. She earns appreciation amongst some of the most well know celebrities of Long Island which result in advantageous commissions.
After the death of her husband, Laurence returns to France and is recruited by the Editor Hachette for a long-term project on the History of Civilizations[3] alongside future famous illustrators of comics, Jean Giraud (known as Moebius) and Jean Claude Mézières as well as painter Constantin Andrieu Nepo.
Artistic goals and spiritual research (1970–1987)
In 1970, she is appointed Art Teacher where, for four years, she teaches drawing at the https://pavillonbosio.com/ “Famous Artist School” of Monte Carlo. In 1974, she leaves for England to spend a year in Sherborne House, Cheltenham at the Academy for Continuous Education Institute for the Comparative Study of Science, Philosophy, Art and Religion, with Mathematician, Director of Industrial Research and Philosopher John G Bennet. Here she hopes to find a source of inspiration for a new direction to her life and work. Later, during her travels, drawing and painting, the Orient attracts her and she makes several journeys to Turkey, Egypt, the southern Sahara, India, Cashmere, Ladakh, and Nepal. During these travels, she records her impressions in numerous notebooks with pencil and watercolor illustrations. In 1978, she marries British subject Mike Sutton, and returns to illustration, now in the publicity sector.
The second breath (1988–2013)
In 1988, Laurence Sutton[4] began her first oil paintings on canvas. Laurence painted her everyday surroundings, under the Paris roofs seen from the sixth floor of her “quartier Latin” (Latin Quarter) studio : street scenes, markets, landscapes, and American tourists visiting the Eiffel Tower, or the Louvre museum, or café terraces. Her natal Paris became the source of inspiration for the majority of her work.
Mastering a rare technique, with a teaching and long-lost artistic knowhow, as she insisted unambiguously and without concern for others’ reaction, she did not seek photographic accuracy. Her principal intention was to capture the effects of modulated light and shadow. Her objective was not to represent story forms, but to express her perception of a much larger universal symbolism. International critics praised her work, naming her "Realism Inspired."
During her life, she created tirelessly and worked hard both professionally and personally, with impressive productivity. Her https://laurencesutton.com/ site is a mere tip of the iceberg of what Laurence Sutton created bearing in mind that her career of “painter” did not start until 1988 when she was already 60 years old.
Salah Stétié wrote : " The work of Sutton, secret painter, bears witness to the intangible but real presence of a "hijab", a veil between that of the order of view and that of the order of vision : over and above what might appear to be picturesque ; but this initial stroke in her work which is not the decisive stroke, but a research, a soft and melancholic quest for the essential, a grace... "[5]
Laurence Sutton died at the age of 85, on october 22nd 2013, at Carcassonne.
Her exhibitions
1988 Galerie Herouet Personal Exhibition Paris[6]
1989 https://www.schlumbergergallery.com/ Galerie Schlumberger Personal Exhibition Santa Rosa . CA . U.S.A
1989 https://theleftbank.art/ Left Bank Gallery Personal Exhibition Santa Fe U.S.A
1989 Mac Adoo Gallery Personal Exhibition Santa Fe U.S.A
1990 https://www.artsdistrictneworleans.com/galleries Downtown Gallery Collective Exhibition New Orleans U.S.A
1990 http://chestnuthillgallery.com/node/81 Hahn Gallery Collective Exhibition Philadelphia U.S.A
1990 https://www.carredartistes.com/en-fr/contemporary-art-gallery-carre-artistes-france-75006-paris-60-rue-saint-andre-des-arts-111.htm Galerie Carré d'Art Personal Exhibition Paris
1990 https://www.galeriewilliamwauters.be/ Galerie Wauters Personal Exhibition Paris
1991 Zenith Gallery Personal Exhibition Bussum . Hollande[7]
1991 Centre Culturel Personal Exhibition Avernes St Gourgon . France
1991 https://www.salon-automne.com/fr Salon d'Automne[8]Paris
1992 https://www.galeriechaye.com/ Galerie Simon Chaye Personal Exhibition Honfleur . France[9]
1992 https://figurationcritique.art/ Salon de la Figuration Critique Paris
1993 https://artculturefoi.paris/galerie-saint-severin/ Espace Saint-Severin Personal Exhibition Paris
1993 https://www.rastede.de/schlosspark-areal/palais-rastede/ Palais Rastede Personal Exhibition Rastede Allemagne[10]
1994 https://www.iccrom.org/fr/bureau-r%C3%A9gional-de-liccrom-%C3%A0-sharjah Centre Culturel de Sharjah Personal Exhibition Emirats Arabes Unis[11]
1994 https://whichmuseum.fr/musee/cultural-foundation-abou-dabi-23978 Fondation Culturelle d' Abu-Dhabi Emirats Arabes Unis Personal Exhibition[12][13]
1995 https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/prix-paul-louis-weiller-2019 Concours du Portrait Paul-Louis Weiler Academie des Beaux-Arts de Paris Institut de France Paris
1996 Fondation Culturelle Personal Exhibition Altrip Allemagne
1996 https://www.themajlisgallery.com/ Majlis Gallery Personal Exhibition Beyrouth Liban
1997 Fakhreddine Palace Personal Exhibition Deyr-el-Qamar Liban
1998 Royal Academy of Art Collective Exhibition London England
1999 Royal Academy of Art Collective Exhibition London England
2001 https://lapagelocale.fr/11190-rennes-les-bains Espace d'Art Personal Exhibition Rennes les Bains France
2003 https://lapagelocale.fr/11190-rennes-les-bains Espace d'Art Personal Exhibition Rennes les Bains France
2007 https://lapagelocale.fr/11190-rennes-les-bains Espace d'Art Personal Exhibition Rennes les Bains France
2009 https://lapagelocale.fr/11190-rennes-les-bains Espace d'Art Personal Exhibition Rennes les Bains France
Graphic Collaborations
1961 - "L’âge des Cités" - https://www.le-livre.fr/livres/fiche-ro80056357.html Jacques De Kerorguen - Collection Histoire des Civilisations (Hachette 1961)[14]
1961 - "Le Règne des Idoles" - Louis Frédéric - Collection Histoire des Civilisations (Hachette 1961)[15]
1962 - "L’éveil de l'Occident" - Louis Frédéric - Collection Histoire des Civilisations (Hachette 1962)[16]
1966 - "Le Triomphe des Idées" - https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb125292202 Jean Cathelin - Collection Histoire des Civilisations (Hachette 1966)[17]
1977 - "En famille" - Hector Malot - (Editions Bias 1977)[18]
1977 - "La Princesse sans Nom" - Paul-Jacques Bonzon et Laurence Weber - (Hachette 1977)[19]
1977 - "Loin des Grands" - Hector Malot - (Editions Bias 1977)[20]
References
- ↑ Coutin, Robert. "Robert Coutin". www2.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
- ↑ Kubler, George (1945-01-01). "Henri Focillon, 1881–1943: Vir incredibili multarum rerum cognitione insignis". College Art Journal. 4 (2): 71–74. doi:10.1080/15436322.1945.10795082. ISSN 1543-6322.
- ↑ Frédéric, Louis (1961). L'histoire des civilisations, le regne des idoles [History of Civilisations] (1st ed.). France: Hachette.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ SUTTON, Laurence. "Vue de Rennes les Bains". www.mutualart.com.
- ↑ Musée Paul Valéry; Bibliothèque nationale de France, eds. (2012). Salah Stétié et les peintres Salah Stétié, manuscrits et livres d'artistes: musée Paul Valéry, Sète, 8 décembre 2012 - 31 mars 2013 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 5 mars - 14 avril 2013. Souyri (Aveyron): les Ed. au fil du temps. ISBN 978-2-918298-31-1.
- ↑ "Exposition de Laurence Sutton - article de Bernard Gauthrom". La Cote des Arts - Revue de la Galerie Herouet. 1988.
- ↑ "Laurence Sutton in Zenith Gallery". Nordwest-Zeitung. 1991.
- ↑ "Le Salon d'Automne | Accueil". www.salon-automne.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
- ↑ "Personnal Exhibition of Laurence Sutton". Le Pays d'Auge. 1992.
- ↑ "Uber den Dächern von Paris – Ausstellung der Malerin Laurence Sutton im Altriper Regino-Zentrum eröffnet". Nordwest-Zeitung. 1993.
- ↑ "An artist with a realistic taste and no room for abstractions (an article by Sanan Mandad)". Khaleej Times (EUA). 1994.
- ↑ "Following the unexpected path – an article by Nikunj Malik". Khaleej Times. 1994 – via Nikunj Malik takes a look at the current exhibition at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation.
- ↑ "A French Painter's work show by a staff reporter". Khaleej Times UAE. 1994.
- ↑ De Kerorguen, Jacques (1961). L’âge des Cités [The Age of the Cities] (1st ed.). France: Hachette.
- ↑ Frédéric, Louis (1961). Le Règne des idoles, de l'âge préhistorique au déclin de l'Egypte (1st ed.). France: Hachette.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Frédéric, Louis (1962). L'Eveil de l'Occident (1st ed.). France: Hachette.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Cathelin, Jean (1966). Le Triomphe des Idées (1st ed.). France: Hachette. ISBN 978-2706228933.
- ↑ Malot, Hector (1977). En Famille (1st ed.). France: Editions Bias. ISBN 2-7015-6201-5.
- ↑ Paul-Jacques Bonzon et Laurence Weber (1977). La Princesse sans nom (1st ed.). France: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010038037.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Malot, Hector (1977). Loin des Grands (1st ed.). France: Editions Bias. ISBN 2-7015-6201-5.
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