François Nicholas Laurent is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Fitzwilliam Museum.

Laurent had a habit of setting up his easel in the same Paris park bench every Tuesday, where he’d paint the same bowl of flowers for weeks until he got it right. He once told a friend he only used six colors, no more, no less, because “more is just noise.” Try looking up his Bowl of Flowers (1882) to see what happens when you strip a still life down to its bones.