Gaston La Touche (1854–1913)

GASTON LA TOUCHE (1854–1913)
L’embarquement (The Embarkation)
Oil on wood panel, 26 1/2 x 31 3/4 in.
Signed (at lower right): Gaston la Touche

The Embarkation exemplifies one of La Touche’s specialties, the fête champêtre, a celebration of amorous pursuits in an ideal setting, which harkens back to French eighteenth-century art.