Joseph Delattre (20 August 1858,

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– 6 August 1912) was a French painter of the

Rouen School The Rouen School (L'École de Rouen) is a term used for artists or artisans born or working in Rouen, or for all artistic products from Rouen, such as Rouen faience of the 16th to 18th centuries. The term was first used in 1902 by Arsène Alexa ...

. He exhibited at the Fifth Impressionist Exhibition of 1880.

Life and career

Delattre was a faithful friend

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and

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, the fierce advocates of new ideas and

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. His first paintings form part of the Barbizon school tradition, progressively evolving with greater freedom, simplified shapes, and faded contours lines. As the conventional character of his paintings became further removed, the general public's misunderstanding of his work grew.Les Peintres Impressionnistes et Post-Impressionnistes de l'École de Rouen, Atelier Grognard, Rueil-Malmaison, du 21 janvier au 18 avril 2011
, press release (pdf) In 1895 Delattre founded the ''Académie libre'' (Free Academy) on rue des Charrettes in

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. The workshop, including excursions outdoors to work '' En plein air'' at Pré-aux-Loups or Côte Sainte-Catherine, became a rallying point for young independent artists of the new generation of l'École de Rouen. His students included Pierre Dumont and

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.Une ville pour l’impressionnisme, Monet, Pissarro et Gauguin à Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, 2010
(pdf) Joseph Delattre formed close ties with Léon Jules Lemaître and

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. The three towards the end of the 1880s, influenced by the Pointism of

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, were referred to as the ''les trois mousquetaires''. ''Chemin Joseph-Delattre'' in Barentin is named after him, as are the ''Rue Joseph-Delattre'' in

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Le Mesnil-Esnard, Pavilly and

. Admired by a generation of artists from Rouen, he wrote modestly: ''"Je n'aurai donné qu'un petit son de flûte mais il aura été juste".''

Bibliography

* ''Le Prix Bouctot (beaux-arts) de 1910 : les peintres Henri Cauchois & Joseph Delattre'', Cagniard, Rouen, 1910 * Bernard Du Chatenet, ''Joseph Delattre, 1858-1912'', BDS, Rouen, 1974, 151 p. * François Lespinasse, ''L'École de Rouen'', Fernandez, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, 1980 * François Lespinasse, ''Joseph Delattre 1858-1912'', 1985 * François Lespinasse, ''L'École de Rouen'', Lecerf,

, 1995, * ''L'École de Rouen de l'impressionnisme à

Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

1878-1914'', Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, 1996,

Gallery

Image:Joseph Delattre - Ferme.jpg, ''Farm at Déville'', private collection Image:Joseph Delattre - Le Lac.jpg, ''The Lake'', private collection Image:Joseph Delattre - Port de Rouen.jpg, ''The Port of Rouen'', private collection Image:Joseph Delattre - Prairie St Gervais.jpg, ''Prairie Saint-Gervais sous la neige'', private collection

References

External links

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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