Lot n° 149
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200 - 300
EUR
Result
: NC
Marcellin LAPORTE (1839-1906) - Lot 149
Marcellin LAPORTE (1839-1906)
Portrait of a man at a desk
Oil on canvas monogrammed upper right, signed and dated May 1857
31 x 25 cm
Framed
(Crackling, small paint chips)
NOTICE
Marcellin Laporte (1839-1906) was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his landscapes and rural scenes, which reflect a deep attachment to nature and the daily life of the French countryside. Born in Toulouse, Laporte was trained in the academic tradition while developing a personal style influenced by realism, which enabled him to capture natural settings and rural atmospheres with great sensitivity.
His works are characterized by particular attention to detail and light, often with soft colors and a subtle palette, evoking the tranquility and harmony of nature. Laporte mainly painted scenes from the Toulouse region and southwest France, depicting bucolic landscapes, farms, fields and characters from rural life, always with a naturalistic approach that emphasizes the authenticity of the subjects.
Marcellin Laporte exhibited at several salons of his day, including the Paris Salon, where his work was well received. Although he did not achieve the international renown of some of his contemporaries, he left an important imprint on 19th-century French regional painting. Today, his works are held in private collections and regional museums, where they continue to be admired for their sensitivity and fidelity to reality.
Laporte is one of those painters who, without revolutionizing the art of their time, captured the essence of their environment with a poetic and humanistic eye. His work is a tribute to the understated beauty of the landscapes of southern France, and he remains an important figure on the regional art scene of the late 19th century.
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