Joseph, Pierre, Tancrède Latour (April 17, 1806 - March, 1 mars 1863) was a French Romantic

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and painter. His works are hosted by several museums in South of France. From the

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of Toulouse, he teaches drawing at the Institution des Feuillants and his artist studio was frequented by Charles de Saint Félix, Eugène Fil, Jules de Lahondés,

Maxime Lalanne François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (November 27, 1827 – July 29, 1886) was a French artist known for his etchings and charcoal drawings (fusain). Early life Maxime Lalanne was born in Bordeaux on November 27, 1827, to Anne (previously Anne Cecil ...

, Louise de Carayon-Talpayrac,

Eugène de Malbos Eugène de Malbos (21 August 1811 – 29 May 1858) was a French Romantic painter known for his lithographs of the Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is ...

and Jacques Raymond Brascassat. He is more recognized for his drawings and his landscapes from nature - mostly of

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- than for his paintings.

Selected works

* His works are hosted in the

Gaillac Gaillac (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It had in 2013 a population of 14,334 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Gaillacois. Geography Gaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has ...

Museum of Fine Arts, the Vaurais Country Museum in Lavaur, the Pyrenean Museum in Lourdes, the

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in Montpellier and the Paul-Dupuy Museum in

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. * Exhibition: ''Joseph Latour (1806-1863). ''Drawings of a traveling painter, from Toulouse to Spain'': February to May 2011, the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts .''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)
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Gallery

(Gaillac) Retour de foire 1850 - Joseph Latour - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac.jpg, ''Return from fair'' (1850) - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac (Gaillac) Jeune paysan espagnol en costume Joseph Latour - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac.jpg, Young Spanish peasant in costume - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac (Gaillac) A Ségovie, vieille Castille - Joseph Latour - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac.jpg, In Segovia, old Castile - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac Source ferrugineuse, près Luchon - Fonds Ancely - B315556101 A LATOUR 011.jpg, Ferruginous spring, near Luchon Cascade de Montauban près Luchon - Fonds Ancely - B315556101 A LATOUR 003.jpg, Montauban-de-Luchon Cascade Avenue d'Etigny ou des Bains, à Luchon - Fonds Ancely - B315556101 A LATOUR 012.jpg, Avenue d'Etigny, in

Bagnères-de-Luchon Bagnères-de-Luchon (; oc, Banhèras de Luishon), also referred to as just Luchon, is a commune and spa town in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Lucho ...

Entrée de la Grotte de Troubat - Vallée de la Barousse près Luchon - Fonds Ancely - B315556101 A LATOUR 001.jpg, Entrance to the Cave of Troubat - Valley of the Barousse Cascade des Demoiselles, près Luchon - Fonds Ancely - B315556101 A LATOUR 007.jpg, Cascade des Demoiselles, near Luchon

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Latour, Joseph 1806 births 1863 deaths Draughtsmen 19th-century French painters French male painters French romantic painters 19th-century French lithographers 19th-century French male artists

Selected works

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