Louis Latapie was a French painter, known mostly for his Cubist compositions and still life and nude paintings. Born Louis Robert Arthur Latapie, he showed interest in art as a boy and luckily for him, his family moved to Paris in 1900. Latapie’s earliest training was under Jean-Paul Laurens and enrolled in the Julien Academy in 1911. That same year, Latapie also took courses at the Ranson Academie, where he discovered Cubism under the supervision of Paul Serusier. World War I put a temporary damper on Latapie’s career, when he was stationed in Albi and later mobilized in 1914. The war took a great toll on Latapie because he was wounded three times and also lost one of his brothers in the war. By 1920, Latapie was able to again devote himself to art and also became a professor at the Ranson Academy. Latapie was finally able to expose his work in 1922, including several well-received one-man shows at the Galerie Druet. However, Latapie was set back again when his wife mysteriously disappeared that same year. As a result, Latapie moved to Toulon in 1925 and met fellow artist Juan Gris. In 1927, Latapie remarried and moved to Paris and spent the next few years teaching and living between Toulon and Paris. During this time, Latapie continued to paint in a Cubist style. Latapie served in the war again briefly during World War II in 1939 and in the mid-1940s he bought a workshop in Seine-Port. During this time, Latapie would exhibit along Desnoyer, Fautrier and others and became associated with the School of Paris. Latapie also began to create designs for tapestries in the early 1950s and shortly afterwards, his work began to sway towards Abstraction. Towards the end of his career, Latapie was commissioned to create murals and mosaics for public buildings. Throughout his career, his styles and techniques changed often, and he sometimes signed his work “Latapie” in cursive on the front of his canvas. Latapie continued to work himself until his mysterious disappearance in 1972, which is the assumed date of his death. Today his work is housed all over Europe and perhaps in your own home.
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The Mill
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'The Mill', watercolour and graphite on paper, adhered on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). A colourful wintery scene, the bare trees are like wireless ...
Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
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Standing Nude Study
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Standing Nude Study', pastel on art paper, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930). There is something very pure in the naked human body, but for some that purity can veer towards pruriency. ...
Paper, Pastel
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Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas', wax crayon on paper, by French artist, Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). A vanitas painting contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitabilit...
Paper, Wax Crayon
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Portrait of Renée
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Renée', oil on board, by Louis Latapie (1941). When combined with the artist's passionate brush strokes, the wood panel upon which this piece is painted, creates both a ...
Oil, Board
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H 22 in W 18 in
Antique French Fauvist 1920's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French School, fauvist style indistinctly signed circa 1920's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection condition: very ...
Oil, Canvas
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H 28.75 in W 23.63 in
woman in white oil on canvas painting portrait
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - woman in white - Oil on canvas Canvas measures 73x60 cm. Frame size 76x63 cm. MUNDO Ignasi Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joa...
Canvas, Oil
Rabbis
By Mane Katz
Located in New York, NY
MANE-KATZ RABBIS, c. 1935 Oil on canvas 18 H. x 14 W. 1/2 in. (45.5 x 35.8 cm.) Signed PROVENANCE Dominion Gallery, Montreal Christies, New York, November 04, 1982. Lot 177: $11,000 Private Collection, New Jersey, 1982-2021 Estate of the above, 2021. Raised in an orthodox Jewish family in Russia, Mane-Katz was born in the Ukraine and became an early 20th-century artist, known especially for portraits and paintings with Jewish themes. From childhood, he had been influenced by stories of Jewish mysticism, which was reflected in his paintings. He had a peripatetic life between Russia, France, Israel, and America. He first studied art in Kiev at the Beaux Arts Academy, and in 1913, went to Paris where he associated with Chaim Soutine and Marc Chagall and continued his art studies there at the Beaux Arts Academy. During World War I, he tried to join the Foreign Legion but was rejected because he was too short. He went back in Russia again, this time joining the Soviet Revolution but rejected the cause because he was so horrified by Josef Stalin. He worked briefly for the Russian ballets, and in 1921, he returned to Paris where in 1927 he took French citizenship. For the next twelve years, he traveled widely, showing his art work and doing many paintings. In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there until 1945, exhibiting his paintings at Katia Granoff Gallery and Wildenstein Gallery. After the war, he returned to Paris where he had exhibited in the Salons. In Paris to the end of his career, he worked happily, painting hundreds of portraits of rabbis...
Canvas, Oil
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H 36.23 in W 25.6 in
Thoughtful woman on the terrace of the bar oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frederic Cabanas (1954) - Pitussi - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 92x65 cm. Without frame. Frederic Cabanas Multifaceted artist, painter, sculptor, musician, photographer, wr...
Canvas, Oil
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H 12.5 in W 19 in
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Reclining Nude Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed size: 12.5 x 19 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: priva...
Chalk, Pastel
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H 45 in W 30 in
"Large Seated Male Nude" - Modern Pastel Portrait
By Kittie O'Meallie
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite nude by Kittie O'Meallie, an artist out of the famous Newcomb arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans which beginning in the early 20th century led the Southern "...
Pastel
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H 38.5 in W 29.25 in
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$9,620
H 15.16 in W 21.66 in
"Venice Twilight", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Charles-Clément Calderon
Located in Madrid, ES
CHARLES - CLÉMENT CALDERON French, 1870 - 1906 VENICE TWILIGHT signed "C. Calderon" (lower right) oil on canvas 15-1/4 x 21-3/4 inches (38.5 x 55 cm.) ...
Canvas, Oil
$9,000
H 29.5 in W 23.5 in
Landscape in West Virginia w/ Tree, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By August Biehle
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle American, 1885–1979 Landscape in West Virginia, 1922 Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper Signed lower right 19 x 17.5 inches 29.5 x 23.5 inches, frame...
Crayon, Gouache, Graphite
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H 18.75 in W 12 in
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Seated and Kneeling Female Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Ladies Sketch French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed size: 18.75 x 12 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: private c...
Chalk, Pastel
Stone Quarry in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Farm Landscape
By August Biehle
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Stone Quarry, Berlin Heights, 1920 Gouache and graphite on paper laid on cardboard Signed and dated lower left 24 x 18 inches 27.5 x 21.5 inches, ...
Gouache, Graphite
$10,000
H 28 in W 28 in D 1.5 in
"Self-Portrait with Pink Hat" by Podlach - Bright Red and Pink Self-Portrait
By Betsy Podlach
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy Podlach (American, born 1964) "Self-Portrait with Pink Hat" 2021 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Betsy Podlach ...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
'The Bather' by Louis Latapie (1924)
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on fine art paper, by Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (1924). A captivating example from the long tradition of depicting the bather, this early work by celebrated Frenc...
Paper, Oil
Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
The Bathers
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'The Bathers', oil on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). For centuries, artists have drawn endless inspiration from the modest bather. Whether washing...
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Hoop Earrings
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Hoop Earings', oil on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Filled with colour, this extraordinarily seductive work by French artist, Latapie, is compelling in its warm...
Canvas, Oil
Nude Posing on the Sofa
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Nude Posing on the Sofa', oil on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1940s). From a long line of renowned paintings whose subject is reclining nudes, this ext...
Canvas, Oil
A Dog Named Victor
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'A Dog Named Victor', India ink and pencil on art paper, by Louis Latapie (circa 1940s). Standing proudly in a garden, Victor (perhaps a boxer?) is an athletic canine with an indepen...
Paper, India Ink
Portrait of a Woman in Red Dress
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Woman in Red Dress', oil on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). During the 1930s, Latapie painted thoughtful figurative works, mo...
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Necklace
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Necklace', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Filled with colour, this extraordinarily desirable work by F...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Nature Morte a La Pipe
By Louis Latapie
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis Latapie French, 1891-1972 Nature Morte a La Pipe Oil on canvas Signed lower right 20 by 24 ¼ in. W/frame 27 by 31 ¼ in. Louis Robert Arthur Latapie was born July 11, 1891 ...
Oil
The Bathers
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'The Bathers', oil on canvas (circa 1920s), by Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (1891 - 1972). From a long line of renowned paintings whose subject is a portrait of bathers, this extraord...
Canvas, Oil
Village En Provence
By Louis Latapie
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Cubist Nudes
By Louis Latapie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LOUIS LATAPIE "GROUP OF NUDES" INK DRAWING, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1930 12.5 X 9.5 INCHES Louis Robert Arthur Latapie 1891-1972 Louis Robert Arthur Latapie was born July 11, 1891 in...
Pencil