Louis Latouche

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Louis Latouche (20 September 1829 - 24 August 1883) was a French painter, pigment dealer, framer and art dealer, notable as a defender of Impressionism. He was born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre[1] and died in hospital at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.[2]

He was a friend and supplier to several painters, dealing with them via his wife. Their shop was at the corner of rue Laffitte and rue La Fayette in Paris.[3] Their clients and friends included Camille Pissaro, Paul Gachet and , with whom he often went to Berck. He supported them, exhibiting their work and letting them meet in his home in the evenings- it was there that they originated the idea of a 'salon des refusés', supported by Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Frédéric Bazille and Auguste Renoir, who lodged a petition for such a salon in 1867.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Archives de la Seine-et-Marne, commune de La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, acte de naissance nº 79, année 1829 (pages 44/60)
  2. ^ Archives de Paris 10e (arrondissement de son domicile), transcription de l'acte de décès no. 4192, année 1883 (page 14/31)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Monneret 1981, p. 418

Bibliography (in French)[]

  • Sophie Monneret, L'Impressionnisme et son époque, vol. 2, t. 1, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1987, 997 p. (ISBN 978-2-221-05412-3)
  • Sophie Monneret, L'Impressionnisme et son époque, vol. 2, t. II, Paris, 1987, 1185 p. (ISBN 978-2-221-05413-0)
  • Lionello Venturi, Les Archives de l'impressionnisme, Paris, Durand-Ruel, 1939, 410 p.
  • Gérald Schurr, Les petits maîtres de la peinture, 1820-1920, valeur de demain, vol. 7, t. IV, Paris, Éditions de l’amateur, 1979 (OCLC 417341878)
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