Achille Laugé 1861-1944 - Coll
Le néo-impressionnisme dans la lumière du Sud
KORTE INHOUD
The Fondation de l'Hermitage is hosting Switzerland's first major retrospective of the French painter Achille Laugé (1861-1944). This fascinating artist followed his own unique path within the Neo-Impressionist movement, always remaining deeply attached to his native region of Occitania.
The exhibition includes almost eighty works from every period in his career, highlighting the profound originality and extraordinary sensibility of this painter of everyday life. Laugé was inspired by his immediate surroundings and portrayed the area around his house in Cailhau, the flowers in his garden, his family and friends with great simplicity and elegance. His very pure technique involved juxtaposing the three primary colours in dots or lattices in a highly personal variation on the divisionist method.
Unusual sensitivity
Through extensive experimentation, alone in the dazzling light of southern France, Laugé made the colour theory of Seurat and Signac his own. His profoundly original work demonstrates his intuition of co...
The exhibition includes almost eighty works from every period in his career, highlighting the profound originality and extraordinary sensibility of this painter of everyday life. Laugé was inspired by his immediate surroundings and portrayed the area around his house in Cailhau, the flowers in his garden, his family and friends with great simplicity and elegance. His very pure technique involved juxtaposing the three primary colours in dots or lattices in a highly personal variation on the divisionist method.
Unusual sensitivity
Through extensive experimentation, alone in the dazzling light of southern France, Laugé made the colour theory of Seurat and Signac his own. His profoundly original work demonstrates his intuition of co...
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La Fondation de l'Hermitage accueille la premi re grande r trospective suisse du peintre fran ais Achille Laug (1861-1944). Cet artiste fascinant a suivi sa propre voie au sein du mouvement n o-impressionniste, restant toujours profond ment attach sa r gion natale d'Occitanie. L'exposition rassemble pr s de quatre-vingts ?uvres de toutes les p riodes de sa carri re, mettant en lumi re la profonde originalit et l'extraordinaire sensibilit de ce peintre du quotidien. Laug s'est inspir de son environne...
