Artist: Maurice-quentin De La Tour (1704 - 1788)
Nationality: French
Movement: Rococo
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Maurice-Quentin De La Tour was the son of a musician who disapproved of his painting career. He left home at fifteen to study in Paris with a Flemish painter and then became a portraitist in England. After returning to Paris in the mid-1720’s, De La Tour began working in the pastel medium. He exhibited at the Salon from 1738 to 1763 and became a member of the Academie Royale in 1746. De La Tour was appointed portraitist to the king in 1750, which established his reputation among the royalty and upper middle class. Towards the end of his life, he founded and art school and became a philanthropist before begin confined to his home because of mental illness.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Self-Portrait, circa 1760
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Maurice-Quentin de la Tour - Self-Portrait 1764 pastel on paper Norton Simon Museum French
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Maurice Quentin de La Tour, French, 1704-1788 Portrait of a Woman in a Rose-Colored Gown
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William Blake , Mrs. Q. (Mrs. Harriet Quentin), 1820
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Clock on Bracket
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Peter Halm, Quentin Metsys Bildnisstudie, 19th - 20th century
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Barometer on Bracket
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man Quentin Massys (also Matsys or Metsys) (Netherlandish, 1465-66–1530)Oil on wood; Overall,
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John C. Wenrich - Rue du Tour Toulouse 1919 opaque watercolor an Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Rene Magritte - World Tour 1945 oil on board Cleveland Museum of Art Belgian
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Self-portrait with Two Pupils, Mademoiselle Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) and Mademoiselle Carreaux de Rosemond (died
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Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1520 Quentin Massys (also Matsys or Metsys) (Netherlandish, 1465-66–1530)Oil on
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Maurice Denis, Tendresse, 1893
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Maurice Achener, Sion, 1914
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Maurice Achener, Fribourg, 1914
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, After the Review, 1895
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Maurice Denis, Les Pelerins d"Emmaus, 1895
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Maurice Delcourt, La Famille du raveur, 1898
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Maurice Realier-Dumas, Corinne, 1897
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Maurice Sterne, Vera Segal, 1930
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Maurice Dumont, Sappho, 19th century
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The Fortune Teller, probably 1630s Georges de La Tour (French, 1593-1652)Oil on canvas; 40 1/8
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Maurice Dumont, Sappho, 19th century
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Maurice Denis, Maternite au cypres, 1898
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John Marin, Old Mill, St. Maurice, 1906
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, In the Park, 1893 - 1894
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, The Holiday, 1907 - 1909
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Promenade at Nantasket, 1902
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Maurice de Vlaminck, Harbor Town, 20th century
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Maurice de Vlaminck, Rue a Heronville, 19th - 20th century
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Maurice de Vlaminck, The Port of Martigues, circa 1914
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Maurice de Vlaminck, Head of a Woman, circa 1910
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Thomas Rowlandson, Dr. Syntax Setting Out on His Second Tour, plate opposite page51 in the book The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax, In Search of Consolation [by William Combe] (London:R. Ackermann, 1820), vol. 2 (of 3), 1820
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Georges de La Tour, Old Man, circa 1618 - 1619
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Michael Natalis, Portrait of the Duc de la Tour, 1665
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Maurice Achener, Basilica Palladiana Vicenza, 1911
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Odilon Redon, Portrait of Maurice Denis, 1903
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Maurice Brianchon, Le Foyer De La Danse, 19th - 20th century
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Maurice R. Bebb, The Black Swans, 20th century
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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1540 Follower of Quentin Massys (Netherlandish, mid-16th

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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De Vleeshal: Middelburg Residents Curate Exhibitions from the De Vleeshal Collection
Dick Anbeek (Veenendaal, 1949) will put together the first presentation. During the opening on sunday october 29, he will guide a tour explaining his choices. His presentation can be seen through to sunday nov...
Home + Style Studio Tour: Call for Artists: Sixth Annual Event to Benefit Canadian HIV/AIDS Research
Those who wish to participate that do not have their own space can be placed as a guest professional at an existing Tour-Destination. Join your community in a city-wide celebration of art and design for a worthy cause and promote your business...
FUNOMENA: Mobile Museum of the Weird and Strange
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Art For God Museum: MUSEUM OPENS
There is no fee to visit the Art for God Museum, open 6 days a week except when on tour and Sundays by appointment only. (It is also advised to call for times.) The Art for God Gift Shop is in the Museum and products can also be ordered on ...
Detroit Institute of Art: Last Chance! Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians
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Geelong Gallery: Shearing the Rams Touring Regional Galleries
The painting will be shown as part of the National Gallery of Victorias Centenary of Federation celebrations. Dr Vaughan said the exhibit was a fantastic opportunity for people in regional Victoria to view the much-loved artwork without ha...
Dylan Thomas Centre: Especially When the October Wind: Works by Twelve Printmakers
The set will tour as an exhibition which will be launched at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Tuesday 6th May at 6pm. It will be opened by Malcolm Parr who wrote the catalogue introduction. Dylan's daughter Aeronwy Thomas will be present at this even...
Cafe Thou Art: Jeff Packard's World Tour Miniature Golf Celebrity Tournament
Volunteers will participate in the Candle Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, December 30th at exactly 8:00pm around the perimeter of manhattan. Tee off for the miniature golf tournament on that same day will be at exactly 2pm. cafethouart.com will pos...
National Arts Club: BALTIC ART EXHIBITION STAGES WORLD PREMIERE IN THE UNITED STATES
From New York the exhibition will travel to Washington, DC.In a choice of venues that may be fitting, given the role of the International Monetary Fund in post-Soviet economics, the exhibition will be hosted in the IMF`s Gallery March 9 throug...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
The exhibition was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions Service. All artifacts in the exhibition are on loan from the archives ...
Australian Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Indigenous Appointments

Ms Sharon Firebrace has been appointed to the Playing Australia/Festivals Australia Committee and Mr Phillip Gordon has been appointed to the Visions of Australia Committee. Both appointments are for three years from July 1999. ...
Bishop's University Art Gallery: Video Art
The first video presentation, entitled Speaking Bodies is a compilation of ...
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gorman House: Gossip Pop - The Reality TV Tour: Sue Dodd
The performance combines deadpan ‘rap-on-mogadon’ vocal delivery and robotic movements with beats generated by GameBoy and palm pilot. Sue Dodd will perform exciting new material gleaned from the pages of trashy gossip magazines (Starfucker, ...
Cairns Regional Gallery : Torres Strait Exhibition starts national tour
The exhibition includes rare 19th century artefacts from Australian and overseas collections alongside the work of contemporary artists from the Torres Strait Islands. This major exhibition highlights the unique culture and artwork of Australia...
Christie's: Old Master Pictures
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Saint Louis Art Museum: Art in Bloom: A Weekend of Flowers
This year's arrangements are being created by area garden clubs. Free docent-led tours will be available to give visitors a better understand of the artworks and their relationship to each flower arrangement. The honorary...
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on Tour from the National Gallery, London
'Family Fortunes' focuses attention on shifting attitudes towards the family from the 16th century to the present day. For example, the sentimental appreciation of children and childish pleasures which emerged in the 18th century is reflected ...
South Australian Museum: Body Art
Intimate photographs, audio visual displays and artefacts from private and public collections will explore the body art of individuals and communities all over the...
Frick Collection: The Medieval Housebook: A Fifteenth-Century View of Life
Organized exclusively for The Frick Collection by Timothy B. Husband, Curator of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The MedievalHousebook: A View of Fifteenth-Century Life presents...
Mills Reef Winery: Bryce Brown: Vitality
Born in Auckland in 1971, Bryce grew up in the lush Northland Surrounds, of Whangarei. He began to take art seriously in the mid 90s With the outstanding beauty of the Northland area providing him with a major source of inspiration. ...
Centre for Contemporary Photography: Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Exhibition + Award
The exhibition presents the work of fifteen finalists selected from over 250 entries by a panel of artists and arts professionals, and will subsequently tour capital city and regional galleries from 2001-2003. The work explores a range of document...
Texas Fine Arts Association at Jones Center for Contemporary Art: New American Talent: The Sixteenth Exhibition
Other states represented include Arkansas, California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington. Texas and California lead the selection with nine artists respectively. Due to the generous support of Philip Morris Companies Inc., TFAA was...
Dahl Arts Center: Deena des Rioux: Robotic Portraiture
As a retrospective, her exhibition at The Dahl features "Cable Network", the first computer print to be represented at the Polish International Graphic Triennale in 1991. Over the Internet in tandem to this year’s Polish event, the artist was des...
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: Last Week! Cindy Sherman: Retrospective
A touring exhibition jointly organised by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.The exhibition has already been shown at MOCA, Los Angeles; MCA, Chicago; Galerie Rudolfinum, Pr...
Parlor Gallery: People-Places-Spaces: Works by D. Lammie-Hanson, Kathleen Hayek and GG Stankiewicz
The Parlor Gallery began taking shape when Kathleen Hayek participated in a neighborhood Artist's Open Studio tour in the fall of 1998. Since her studio is a small room on the third floor of the 4 floor brownstone and can't accommodate more than 3...
Bristol Museums and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on tour from the National Gallery, London
Also on display is work on the theme of the family today by Bristol school children and young people. ...
Grant Hill: Call for Artists: Something All Our Own Scholarship
The Something All Our Own scholarship has been created to provide educational assistance to students interested in pursuing a degree in visual arts. The scholarship is open to high school (and/or GED) graduates, and the students must be enrolled ...
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto: Chefs - d'Oeuvre du Misee de l'Orangerie
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Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Otherworlds: Images of Fantasy and Fiction
Minister for the Arts Matt Foley said this was the first Queensland Art Gallery exhibition curated and designed specifically for the youth audience to tour Queensland. 'Fantasy, surrealism and science fiction are genres which ...
Montreal Museum of Fine Art: From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie
The exhibition will feature eighty-one masterpieces from the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection of the Musée national de l'Orangerie in Paris: fourteen paintings by Cézanne, six Derain...

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