Jules Laforgue

Jules Laforgue

August 16, 1860 – August 20, 1887
Place of Birth: Montevideo
Place of Death: Paris

Jules Laforgue (ʒyl lafɔʁɡ; 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.