. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. LE DFJEUNER SUR L HEKBE BY GASTON LA TOUCHE (Collection Chouanard). LETE. DECORATIVE PANELBY GASTON LA TOUCHE Gaston La Touche is equipped. To him Nature has been whatDelacroix desired it should be—a sort of dic-tionary, to be turned up and studied again andagain, the result being that he has it by heart,just as the musician has his harmony and hiscounterpoint. Whether it be at Saint-Cloud, in hisfamous atelier, or at Flers-de-lOrne, in the heart ofNormandy, where the artist spends his summersamidst all that is loveliest i


. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. LE DFJEUNER SUR L HEKBE BY GASTON LA TOUCHE (Collection Chouanard). LETE. DECORATIVE PANELBY GASTON LA TOUCHE Gaston La Touche is equipped. To him Nature has been whatDelacroix desired it should be—a sort of dic-tionary, to be turned up and studied again andagain, the result being that he has it by heart,just as the musician has his harmony and hiscounterpoint. Whether it be at Saint-Cloud, in hisfamous atelier, or at Flers-de-lOrne, in the heart ofNormandy, where the artist spends his summersamidst all that is loveliest in Nature, the productioncontinues steadily day after day. In truth, LaTouches output is so rich, so abundant, thatprodigious energy and full tension at everymoment are required to bring it to action of his life, indeed, has resolved itselfinto labour. Even society or the theatre, whichfor other artists furnishes a distraction more or lessvain, simply serves to provide him with a fresh fieldof observation — that vast fieldbeing continually renewed. In-deed, it is in this very footlightor salon atmosphere that LaTo


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