LAPITO pagne (1868) ; Moonrise (18G9); Poacher in Ambush (1870) ; Landscape (1872) ; Sunset, Woods of Fontainebleau, Fountain of Fon- tainebleau (1874) ; In the Woods (1875); Twilight (1876). Bellier, i. 907 ; Larousse ; Miiller, 321. LAPITO, LOUIS AUGUSTS, born at Joinville-le-Pont (Seine), Aug. 18, 1803, died at Boulogne-sur-Seine, April 7, 1874. Landscape painter, pupil of Heini and Watelet ; drawing and composition good, but colour often inharmonious. Medals : 2d class, 1833 ; 1st class, 1835 ; L. of Honour, 1 8 3 C. Works: The Sim- plon, In Auvergne (1 8 2 7) ; C h a 1 e t (1831) ; Lake Mag- giore (1833) ; View near Lake of Brientz (1833), Cambrai Museum ; Andelys (183C); The Cascatelles (1842) ; Cemetery of Sisteron (1852) ; Gulf of Rap all o (1855) ; Valley of Eoyat (1857) ; Tor- rent of Royat, Men- tone (1859); River Tessino, St. Lau- rent, Town and Harbour of Bastia (1861); Genoa, Lillebonne, Hills of Fontana in Auvergne (1863) ; View of Lisieux (1864); Ajaccio at Sunset, Valley of Royat (1865); Pont-Eveque (1866) ; The Somme at Abbe- ville, Souvenir of Auvergne (1868) ; Vinti- miglia, King of Holland ; View of Savonne, Musee Leopold, Brussels ; Italian Land- scape with Shepherds, Castle Villiers on the Rhone, Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Bellier, i. 907 ; Larousse. LAPORTE, MARCELLIN, born in St. Geniez d'Olt in 1839. Genre painter, pupil of Cabanel, Gustavo Boulauger, and of the eole des Beaux Arts. Pictures more sat- isfactory to the public than to the critics. Medals: Rodez, 1868; Vienna, 1873. La- rousse. LAPOSTOLET, CHARLES, born at Ve- lars (Cote-d'Or), Sept. 26, 1824. Marine painter, pupil of L. Cogniet. His pictures are pleasing in general effect, but superficial in treatment of detail. Medal in 1870 ; 2d class, 1882. Works : Canal St. Martin (1870), Luxembourg Museum ; Low Tide at Trou- ville (1872) ; The Seine near St. Denis, Las Lanzas, Ve'asauez, Madrid Museum. Rouen ; Coast of Villerville ; Canal of the Giudecca at Venice (1878) ; Port of La Ro- chelle at Low Water, Port of Nantes (1883); Environs of Nantes, La Rochelle (1884) ; , Dunkirk, Bassin de Deauville (1885). Bel- lier, i. 909. LARCHER, JULES, born at Choloy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) ; contemporary. His- tory, portrait, and still-life painter, pupil of Sellier and Bonnat. Medal, 3d class, 1880. Works : Still Life (1877, 1878) ; Christ in the Tomb (1880) ; Daphuis and Chloc (1883). 21
