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Georges Laporte BIOGRAPHY
1926 - 2000. Known for: Painting.
Born in 1926 in Montmartre, Georges Laporte is a French painter. Laporte began his artistic career at the age of twenty, in a self-taught way, after having worked as a customs agent. He spent many... Read full biography
Born in 1926 in Montmartre, Georges Laporte is a French painter. Laporte began his artistic career at the age of twenty, in a self-taught way, after having worked as a customs agent. He spent many years in Burgundy, in the villages of Chalon and Givry, of which he painted many views. Subsequently,... Read full biography
Born in 1926 in Montmartre, Georges Laporte is a French painter. Laporte began his artistic career at the age of twenty, in a self-taught way, after having worked as a customs agent. He spent many years in Burgundy, in the villages of Chalon and Givry, of which he painted many views. Subsequently, he discovered Brittany and set up his workshop in Quiberon. Laporte's landscapes follow the artist's destinations, with a recurring motif, the sea. Over the years, his style progressed, evolved, and... Read full biography
Born in 1926 in Montmartre, Georges Laporte is a French painter. Laporte began his artistic career at the age of twenty, in a self-taught way, after having worked as a customs agent. He spent many years in Burgundy, in the villages of Chalon and Givry, of which he painted many views. Subsequently, he discovered Brittany and set up his workshop in Quiberon. Laporte's landscapes follow the artist's destinations, with a recurring motif, the sea. Over the years, his style progressed, evolved, and was refined. His layers of paintings become thicker. Commentators evoke Nicolas de Staël to deal with the gestural painting of Georges Laporte. When his wife died in 1979, he traveled more and more and his painting took on a new direction. The painter... Read full biography
Born in 1926 in Montmartre, Georges Laporte is a French painter. Laporte began his artistic career at the age of twenty, in a self-taught way, after having worked as a customs agent. He spent many years in Burgundy, in the villages of Chalon and Givry, of which he painted many views. Subsequently, he discovered Brittany and set up his workshop in Quiberon. Laporte's landscapes follow the artist's destinations, with a recurring motif, the sea. Over the years, his style progressed, evolved, and was refined. His layers of paintings become thicker. Commentators evoke Nicolas de Staël to deal with the gestural painting of Georges Laporte. When his wife died in 1979, he traveled more and more and his painting took on a new direction. The painter renews his painting and his colors. He travels in particular to Corsica and Japan. The success of Georges Laporte's... Read full biography
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Born in 1926 in Montmartre, Georges Laporte is a French painter.
Laporte began his artistic career at the age of twenty, in a self-taught way, after having worked as a customs agent. He spent many years in Burgundy, in the villages of Chalon and Givry, of which he painted many views. Subsequently, he discovered Brittany and set up his workshop in Quiberon.
Laporte's landscapes follow the artist's destinations, with a recurring motif, the sea. Over the years, his style progressed, evolved, and was refined. His layers of paintings become thicker.
Commentators evoke Nicolas de Staël to deal with the gestural painting of Georges Laporte.
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