Uruguay, Poet
August 16,
1860 – August, 20, 1887.
Jules Laforgue (French: [ʒyl lafɔʁɡ]) 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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