Gaston LATOUCHE
"Une loge au Moulin Rouge"
Cette toile, intimiste et élégante,
est typique de l'oeuvre de Latouche
peintre proche de Manet et des Impressionnistes.
Les coulisses du Moulin Rouge, sujet très "Belle
Epoque" qui inspira certains peintres de renom, comme Toulouse-Lautrec
et Degas, permettent à l'artiste d'exprimer son souci
du détail et du raffinement.
Gaston LATOUCHE: né en 1854 à Saint-Cloud,
mort à Paris en 1913. Post-impressionniste.
Il reçut tout d'abord les conseils de MANET puis ceux
de son ami Félix Bracquemond. La mort interrompit prématurément
sa carrière, alors qu'il avait conquis dans le monde artistique
une place hors pair.
En 1890, s'inaugure au Palais de l'Industrie, sous l'egide de
Meissonnier et Puvis de Chavannes, la Société Nationale
des Beaux-Arts, scission du Salon officiel. Latouche était
alors un des artistes les plus en vue de ce nouvel évenement.
Depuis 1883, il était sociétaire du Salon des artistes
français, obtenant des médailles en 1884, 1888,
ainsi qu'aux Expositions Universelles de 1889 et 1900 (médaille
d'or). Il fut Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.
Dimensions:
- 93 cm x 95 cm, plus cadre (soit 121 cm x 123 cm cadre inclus).
- 471/2 in. x 481/2 in. (including frame)
Références:
- "Die Kunst für Alle", avril 1913
- Frantz, Henri, "Gaston La Touche 1854-1913"
London, 1915.
- "Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting"
Exhibition catalogue, Royal Academy of Arts. New York: Harper
& Row, 1979.
- Bénézit, "Dictionnaire des peintres",
Gründ, 1999.
-Gerald Schurr "Les petits maîtres de la peinture",
ed. de l'amateur.
Musées:
- Paris (musée d'Orsay, musée d'Art Moderne), Alençon,
Le Mans, St-Petersbourg (mus. de l'Ermitage), San Francisco (Fine
Art Museum), Dayton Art Institute (Ohio), Odessa museum.
La Touche was a painter, sculptor
and engraver of landscapes, interiors, figures and flowers.
In 1890 he was inaugurated into the Palais de l'Industrie, associated
with the National Society of the Beaux-Arts, under the aegis
of Meissonier and Puvis of Chavannes. He was an associate
of the Artistes Francais from 1883, and won several medals throughout
the course of his career. In 1884 he was awarded a third
place medal, a second place medal in 1888, as well as a bronze
medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle and a gold one at the
same event of 1900. In 1900, he was also made a knight
in the Legion of honor, and then made an officer in 1909.
La Touche was both the friend and student of the artist Bracquemond.
He was also a close friend of the famed painter Edouard Manet,
who chose to depict him in his very well-known painting of the
Bar at the Folies-Bergere. Manet, however, did not prove
to be a very significant influence on La Touche's canvases, for
he exhibited at the Salons as well as at the National Society
paintings that were often quite realistic yet sometimes dramatic.
La Touche, a charming artist, painted with a penetrating sincerity,
having conquered in the artistic world an unrivaled place until
death came suddenly interrupting his career. His clear
style displays touches of Impressionism, with dancing reflections
in pleasing scenery. The manner in which he executed his
canvases quite pleased his contemporary audiences, and the French
State even commissioned him to make decorative panels for the
Elysee. Even in today's society, La Touche's canvases are
highly coveted and collected.
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