Joseph Latour
{{short description|French painter}}
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| image = File:Musée du Vieux-Toulouse - Portait de Joseph Latour - Gabriel Durand - 1856 - Pastel sur Papier Inv.T1948.jpg
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| caption = Joseph Latour by Gabriel Durand, 1856 (Pastel, Musée du Vieux-Toulouse)
| birth_name = Joseph, Pierre, Tancrède Latour
| birth_date = April 17, 1806
| birth_place = Noé, France
| death_date = March, 1 mars 1863 (aged 56)
| death_place = Toulouse, France
| nationality = French
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| movement = Romanticism
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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 FeuillantsMarguerite Gaston Les Peintres toulousains et les Pyrénées à l'époque romantique in [http://www.persee.fr/doc/anami_0003-4398_1972_num_84_108_4758 les Annales du Midi, 1972, vol. 84, n° 108, pp. 271-282] and his artist studio was frequented by Charles de Saint Félix, Eugène Fil, Jules de Lahondés, Maxime Lalanne, Louise de Carayon-Talpayrac, Eugène de Malboshis most famous student, Eugène de Malbos in [https://fr.calameo.com/read/0005169686655c341290b Bertrand de Viviés, Voyages romantiques en Languedoc, Catalogue de l’exposition du Musée des beaux-arts de Gaillac, château de Foucaud. Gaillac. 2002.] and Jacques Raymond Brascassat.... Jules de Lahondés, Eugène de Malbos and Jacques Raymond Brascassat and with him many painters of the Barbizon School in [http://www.musees-midi-pyrenees.fr/encyclopedie/artistes/joseph-latour/ Museums of Midi-Pyrenees]
He is more recognized for his drawings and his landscapes from nature - mostly of Pyrenees - than for his paintings.Joseph Latour, dessins d'un peintre voyageur de Toulouse en Espagne by Delphine Guillemette, [http://fr.calameo.com/books/0005169686655c341290b catalog of the exhibition Drawings of a traveling painter, from Toulouse to Spain of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts (France)]
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 .Notice of the exhibition of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts on [http://www.musees-midi-pyrenees.fr/musees/musee-des-beaux-arts-de-gaillac/expositions/archives/joseph-latour-1806-1863-dessins-d-un-peintre-voyageur-de-toulouse-en-espagne-20110204/ musees-midi-pyrenees.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921101159/http://www.musees-midi-pyrenees.fr/musees/musee-des-beaux-arts-de-gaillac/expositions/archives/joseph-latour-1806-1863-dessins-d-un-peintre-voyageur-de-toulouse-en-espagne-20110204/ |date=2016-09-21 }}Gaillac. Joseph Latour et ses paysages romantiques, article of [https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/03/12/1033202-gaillac-joseph-latour-et-ses-paysages-romantiques.html La Dépêche du Midi of March 12, 2011]Joseph Latour, dessins d'un peintre voyageur de Toulouse en Espagne by Delphine Guillemette, [http://fr.calameo.com/books/0005169686655c341290b catalog of the exhibition Drawings of a traveling painter, from Toulouse to Spain'' of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts (France)]
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
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
Further reading
- Diaporama of 43 works from the Latour Fund of the Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts on [http://www.musees-midi-pyrenees.fr/encyclopedie/artistes/joseph-latour/diaporama/ musees-midi-pyrenees.fr]
- Biographical note, prizes, awards and exhibitions during his lifetime on the website of [http://www.musees-midi-pyrenees.fr/encyclopedie/artistes/joseph-latour/ Museums of Midi-Pyrenees]
- Works by Joseph Latour on [https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&startRecord=0&maximumRecords=15&page=1&query=%28gallica%20all%20%22joseph%20latour%22%29&filter=dc.creator%20all%20%22latour%2C%20joseph%22%20and%20dc.type%20all%20%22image%22%20and%20%28dc.creator%20all%20%22latour%2C%20joseph%22%29 Gallica, the digital library of Bibliothèque nationale de France]
- Works by Joseph Latour on [http://numerique.bibliotheque.toulouse.fr/cgi-bin/superlibrary?e=q-100off-general--00-2--0--Latour%252C+Joseph--0-10-TE--4-------0-1l--10fr-Zz-1---12-about-joseph+latour--00-3-1-00-0-0-00-0utfZz-8-00----&a=q&results=1&doq=&ut=0#.V7HkoY9OJes Rosalis, the Toulouse digital library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917111033/http://numerique.bibliotheque.toulouse.fr/cgi-bin/superlibrary?e=q-100off-general--00-2--0--Latour%252C+Joseph--0-10-TE--4-------0-1l--10fr-Zz-1---12-about-joseph+latour--00-3-1-00-0-0-00-0utfZz-8-00----&a=q&results=1&doq=&ut=0#.V7HkoY9OJes |date=2016-09-17 }}
- Works by Joseph Latour on [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_3=AUTR&VALUE_3=LATOUR%20Joseph&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=3 Joconde, the digital database of French museums]
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