The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD Mark Murray Fine Paintings is a New York gallery specializing in buying and selling 19th century and early 20th century artwork. He was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1900 and Officier in 1909.įine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and a gold medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. A member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts after 1890 and a member of the Société des Artistes Français from 1883, Latouche won a third-place medal in 1884 and a second-place medal in 1888. At that time Latouche was one of the most prominent artists of the classical tradition in this breakaway group. In 1890 the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, a breakaway group from the official Salon, was inaugurated at the Palais de l'Industrie under the aegis of Messonier and Purvis de Chavannes. In 1917 an edition of Henri Régnier's Poèmes was published with illustrations fromLatouche's compositions. His landscapes, which were painted with great panache, also had the grace of the 18th century and the taste of the Modern Style. He died having just reached an exceptional position in the art world. , La Touche was advised first by Manet and then by his friend Félix Bracquemond. Storage of the start time of each session.Īllow Google Maps to be embedded on this site Used by Google Tag Manager in order to control the loading of the Google Analytics Script Tag. Recognition of visitors for Google AdSense. How much does a Gaston LA TOUCHE (1854-1913) cost and the price of their artworks at public auctions in the Painting, Drawing-Watercolor, Print-Multiple. Īssignment of interactions to each session. Recognition of visitors for Google Analytics. Used by Facebook to display a number of advertising products, such as real-time bids from third-party advertisers. via which website or advertising material you came to us) Technical information including browser, internet provider, terminal device and screen resolution.Your IP address (in shortened form, so that no clear identification is possible).Your approximate location (country and city).clicks, scrolling behaviour and stay time length) When you visit our website, the following data, among others, is recorded: However, since we only forward your IP address (in shortened form, so that no clear identification is possible) and technical information such as browser, Internet provider, terminal device and screen resolution to Google, we consider the risk to be moderate and the probability of actual access to your data rather low. Moreover, the US does not provide adequate guarantees for the protection of personal data. There are no effective remedies or legal protection against this. +39-334-777 1603 present, there is no adequate level of data protection in the USA, and it cannot be excluded that state security authorities may issue corresponding orders to the third-party providers (Google and Meta Platforms, Inc.) to gain access to the aforementioned data for control and monitoring purposes.

Gaston La Touche was born in Saint-Cloud near Paris in 1854.

Gros Douet or Gros-Doibt is the name of a property which belonged to his father’s side of the family and is located in the village of Champsecret in the Orne region, lower Normandy. for ‘Gros Douet’, was executed at the artist’s summer residence. The present lot, inscribed with the initials G.D. The sculpted vase in the foreground is most probably one of the vases which is set in the Allée des Marmousets at Versailles. The present composition is reminiscent of his beloved park at Versailles. He evolved from realism to idealism, depicting a charming world with gardens, nymphs and fountains as in the present lot. From the age of ten he spent every available moment of recreation in drawing and managed to obtain permission from his parents to take lessons from a Monsieur Paul, who quickly discovered his natural. He came under the influence of the two painters Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) who persuaded him to abandon his somber palette in favour of a more luminous and colourful rendering. Born in St Cloud, near Paris on 29th October 1854, Gaston La Touche showed an early vocation for an artistic career. In 1875, following thirteen unsuccessful attempts, he finally exhibited at the Paris Salon. His artistic talent became clear in early childhood. The present work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Gaston La Touche currently in preparation by Selina Baring Maclennan and Roy Brindley. We are grateful to Selina Baring Maclennan for confirming the authenticity of the work on the basis of a photo. G.D, oil on canvas, 95 x 98 cm, framed,(GG) The Three Graces, signed, inscribed Gaston La Touche.

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