Joseph Latour
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. From the École des Beaux-Arts of Toulouse, he taught drawing at the Institution des Feuillants 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 and Jacques Raymond Brascassat.
Also recorded as Joseph Pierre Tancrède Latour
Joseph Latour
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- Name
- Joseph Latour
- Birth Name
- Joseph, Pierre, Tancrède Latour
- Born
- April 17, 1806
- Birthplace
- Noé, France
- Died
- March, 1 mars 1863 (aged 56)
- Place of death
- Toulouse, France
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Institut supérieur des arts de Toulouse
- Languages
- French
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Biography
Biography
He is more recognized for his drawings and his landscapes from nature – mostly of Pyrenees – than for his paintings.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Joseph Latour • Birth Name — Joseph, Pierre, Tancrède Latour • Born — April 17, 1806 • Birthplace — Noé, France • Died — March, 1 mars 1863 (aged 56) • Place of death — Toulouse, France • Movement — Romanticism
Selected works
Selected works
• 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.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Return from fair (1850) - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac • Illustration — Young Spanish peasant in costume - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac • Illustration — In Segovia, old Castile - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac • Illustration — Ferruginous spring, near Luchon • Illustration — Montauban-de-Luchon Cascade • Illustration — Avenue d'Etigny, in Bagnères-de-Luchon • Illustration — Entrance to the Cave of Troubat - Valley of the Barousse • Illustration — Cascade des Demoiselles, near Luchon
Life and career
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Life and career
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1806
Joseph Latour born at Noé.
1863
Joseph Latour died at Toulouse.
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Noé.
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- 1.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
- 2.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.
- 3.... Jules de Lahondés, Eugène de Malbos and Jacques Raymond Brascassat and with him many painters of the Barbizon School in Museums of Midi-Pyrenees
- 4.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)
- 5.Notice of the exhibition of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts on musees-midi-pyrenees.fr
- 6.Gaillac. Joseph Latour et ses paysages romantiques, article of La Dépêche du Midi of March 12, 2011
- 7.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)
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- 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
- Works by Joseph Latour on Joconde, the digital database of French museums
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