He was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1900 and Officier in 1909. He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and a gold medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.

Anonymous sale Sothebys, New York, 13 February 1985, lot 104. LATOUCHE (lower left) and inscribed A Marie Thérèse Elrotte pour ses 39 ans (on the reverse) oil on panel 18¾ x 21¾ in. Experts Roy Brindley & Selina Baring Maclennan are the accredited experts on Gaston La Touche and have been researching his work for the last 25 years. A member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts after 1890 and a member of the Société des Artistes Français from 1883, Latouche won a third-place medal in 1884 and a second-place medal in 1888. French painter Gaston La Touche 1854-1913 post-impressionist painter, draughtsman and pastellist was a leading colorist of the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries, who associated with all the important artists of the period. Gaston La Touche (French, 1854-1913) La promenade signed G. At that time Latouche was one of the most prominent artists of the classical tradition in this breakaway group. In 1890 the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, a breakaway group from the official Salon, was inaugurated at the Palais de l’Industrie under the aegis of Messonier and Purvis de Chavannes. In 1917 an edition of Henri Régnier’s Poèmes was published with illustrations from Latouche’s compositions. His landscapes, which were painted with great panache, also had the grace of the 18th century and the taste of the Modern Style. He died having just reached an exceptional position in the art world. In his youth, La Touche frequented the same Paris cafs as the Impressionists and is reputed to have received advice from Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Gaston de Latouche was advised first by Manet and then by his friend Félix Bracquemond.

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