- pagne (1868); Moonrise (1869); Poacher in
Ambush (1870); Landscape (1872); Sunset, Woods of Fontainebleau, Fountain of Fontainebleau (1874); In the Woods (1875); Twilight (1876).—Bellier, i. 907; Larousse; Müller, 321.
LAPITO, LOUIS AUGUSTE, born at
Joinville-le-Pont (Seine), Aug. 18, 1803,
died at Boulogne-sur-Seine, April 7, 1874.
Landscape painter, pupil of Heim and
Watelet; drawing and composition good,
but colour often inharmonious. Medals:
2d class, 1833; 1st
class, 1835; L. of
Honour, 1836.
Works: The Simplon,
In Auvergne
(1827); Chalet
(1831); Lake Maggiore
(1833); View
near Lake of
Brientz (1833),
Cambrai Museum;
Andelys (1836);
The Cascatelles
(1842); Cemetery
of Sisteron (1852);
Gulf of Rapallo
(1855); Valley of
Royat (1857); Torrent
of Royat, Mentone
(1859); River
Tessino, St. Laurent,
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-Evêque (1866); The Somme at Abbeville,
Souvenir of Auvergne (1868); Vintimiglia,
King of Holland; View of Savonne,
Musée Léopold, Brussels; Italian Landscape
with Shepherds, Castle Villiers on the
Rhône, Kunsthalle, Hamburg.—Bellier, i.
907; Larousse.
LAPORTE, MARCELLIN, born in St.
Geniez d'Olt in 1839. Genre painter, pupil
of Cabanel, Gustave Boulanger, and of the
École des Beaux Arts. Pictures more satisfactory
to the public than to the critics.
Medals: Rodez, 1868; Vienna, 1873.—Larousse.
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Las Lanzas, Valesquez, Madrid Museum.
LAPOSTOLET, CHARLES, born at Velars
(Côte-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 Trouville
(1872); The Seine near St. Denis,
Rouen; Coast of Villerville; Canal of the
Giudecca at Venice (1878); Port of La Rochelle
at Low Water, Port of Nantes (1883);
Environs of Nantes, La Rochelle (1884);
Dunkirk, Bassin de Deauville (1885).—Bellier,
i. 909.
LARCHER, JULES, born at Choloy
(Meurthe-et-Moselle); contemporary. History,
portrait, and still-life painter, pupil of
Sellier and Bonnat, Medal, 3d class. 1880.
Works: Still Life (1877, 1878); Christ in
the Tomb (1880); Daphnis and Chloë
(1883).
