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Jules Laforgue

Franco-Uruguayan poet

Died when: 27 years 4 days (324 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Jules Laforgue

Jules Laforgue (French: [?yl laf??g]; 16 August 1860 – 20 August 1887) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet.Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry has been called "part-symbolist, part-impressionist".

Laforgue was a model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir, including for Renoir's 1881 painting Luncheon of the Boating Party.


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