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 *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.

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).