Marie Laurençin (1883–1956). French artist, theatre designer and teacher

Marie Laurençin trained at the Académie Humbert in Paris and was considered a member of the French avant-garde in the early years of the 20th century. She designed several stage productions, the first for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes when she created the sets and costumes for Bronislava Nijinska’s Les Biches. Her other works for ballet included Les Roses for Comte Etienne de Beaumont, L’Eventail de Jeanne, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe for Roland Petit’s Ballets des Champs Elysées and The Sleeping Beauty for the Ballets de Monte Carlo.