After President Eisenhower intervened, however, the exhibition went on as planned. Laurent was a fellow of the National Sculpture Society, president of the Hamilton Easter Field Foundation, and a member of the Sculptor's Guild – Indiana Artists, New England Sculptors Association, and the College Art Association. He was also elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters shortly before his death at the age of seventy-nine. Academic career Laurent taught at the Art Students League in New York City, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., Vassar College, and Goucher College. In addition to teaching seasonally at the Ogunquit School until 1961, Laurent accepted a position as Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University, a position he held from 1942 to 1960. He had notable students including Margit Varga. Family Laurent's son, John, was a prominent painter in Maine, known for his landscapes and seascapes. References 1890 births 1970 deaths People from Concarneau 20th-century American male artists 20th-century American sculptors American male sculptors Art Students League of New York faculty Indiana University faculty French emigrants to the United States People of the New Deal arts projects Sculptors from New York (state) Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters