Alfred Latour’s career began in Paris during the nineteen-tens. All was founded on an early love of painting, never revoked, a talent for engraving that he was to extend to heights of virtuosity rarely matched by anyone, and — to complete the account of his natural abilities — a facility for watercolour that would earn him the admiration of critics and collectors. Today, Latour’s works are to be found in the Pompidou Centre, the British Museum, Cantini Museum and many other prestigious institutions.
At the Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles 2025, the superb Croisière from the Alfred Latour Foundation and Actes Sud – Programme Arles Associés To celebrate the memory of Alfred Latour, the Alfred Latour Foundation, in partnership with Actes Sud publishing house, has created a prize to be awarded in 2018 to an artist whose universe… » Lire la suite
Alfred Latour, subject: advertising From June to October 2023, under the title Alfred Latour – Subject: Advertising, posters and a number of graphic studies will be presented to the public at the Foundation’s address, Place du Nord 2 in Lausanne. In 1928, Alfred Latour created a striking logo for the magazine Arts et Métiers… » Lire la suite