Joseph, Pierre, Tancrède Latour (April 17, 1806 - March, 1 mars 1863) was a French Romantic drawer and painter. His works are hosted by several museums in southern France.
Joseph Latour | |
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 Joseph Latour by Gabriel Durand, 1856 (Pastel, Musée du Vieux-Toulouse) | |
| Born | Joseph, Pierre, Tancrède Latour April 17, 1806 Noé, France |
| Died | March, 1 mars 1863 (aged 56) Toulouse, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Movement | Romanticism |
From the École des Beaux-Arts of Toulouse, he taught drawing at the Institution des Feuillants[1] and his artist studio was frequented by Charles de Saint Félix, Eugène Fil, Jules de Lahondés, Maxime Lalanne, Louise de Carayon-Talpayrac, Eugène de Malbos[2] and Jacques Raymond Brascassat.[3]
He is more recognized for his drawings and his landscapes from nature - mostly of Pyrenees - than for his paintings.[4]
Selected works
edit- His works are hosted in the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts, the Vaurais Country Museum in Lavaur, the Pyrenean Museum in Lourdes, the Musée Fabre in Montpellier and the Paul-Dupuy Museum in Toulouse.
- Exhibition: Joseph Latour (1806-1863). Drawings of a traveling painter, from Toulouse to Spain: February to May 2011, the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts .[5][6][7]
Gallery
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Return from fair (1850) - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac -
Young Spanish peasant in costume - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac -
In Segovia, old Castile - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac -
Ferruginous spring, near Luchon -
Montauban-de-Luchon Cascade -
Avenue d'Etigny, in Bagnères-de-Luchon -
Entrance to the Cave of Troubat - Valley of the Barousse -
Cascade des Demoiselles, near Luchon
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Further reading
edit- Diaporama of 43 works from the Latour Fund of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts on musees-midi-pyrenees.fr
- Biographical note, prizes, awards and exhibitions during his lifetime on the website of Museums of Midi-Pyrenees
- Works by Joseph Latour on Gallica, the digital library of Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Works by Joseph Latour on Rosalis, the Toulouse digital library Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Works by Joseph Latour on Joconde, the digital database of French museums
References
edit- ^ Marguerite Gaston Les Peintres toulousains et les Pyrénées à l'époque romantique in les Annales du Midi, 1972, vol. 84, n° 108, pp. 271-282
- ^ his most famous student, Eugène de Malbos in Bertrand de Viviés, Voyages romantiques en Languedoc, Catalogue de l’exposition du Musée des beaux-arts de Gaillac, château de Foucaud. Gaillac. 2002.
- ^ ... Jules de Lahondés, Eugène de Malbos and Jacques Raymond Brascassat and with him many painters of the Barbizon School in Museums of Midi-Pyrenees
- ^ Joseph Latour, dessins d'un peintre voyageur de Toulouse en Espagne by Delphine Guillemette, catalog of the exhibition Drawings of a traveling painter, from Toulouse to Spain of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts (France)
- ^ Notice of the exhibition of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts on musees-midi-pyrenees.fr
- ^ Gaillac. Joseph Latour et ses paysages romantiques, article of La Dépêche du Midi of March 12, 2011
- ^ Joseph Latour, dessins d'un peintre voyageur de Toulouse en Espagne by Delphine Guillemette, catalog of the exhibition Drawings of a traveling painter, from Toulouse to Spain of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts (France)
