Adolphe and Éliane Laurent

Adolphe Laurent (1890-1955) and Éliane Daniau (1895-1980) were a Parisian-Brunanter couple, who were painters and writers. They were at the center of the artistic scene of the 1950s of The Exiles, with their home at 7 Queen Street serving as a hub for the writers, painters and filmmakers.

Biography
Adolphe and Éliane were born in Paris during the Belle Époque period. They met in the early 1920s when he was an aspiring writer and she a somewhat-notable painter. They became associated with the "Lost Generation" of artists through the 1920s and 1930s.

The couple became formal and were living together by 1925, where they had their only son, Jack. Adolphe purchased a home in Brunant in 1929, where they would spend the summers. The rise of Hitler and the remilitarization of Germany worried the couple and they permanently moved to Brunant in 1937.