9.75 x 10.25 x 0.5 in (24.8 x 26 x 1.3 cm) including frame
Eugene Delatre
Eugène Delâtre was a French master printmaker, painter, and engraver. Born in Paris, he was the son of the renowned printer Auguste Delâtre, who introduced him to intaglio printing and printmaking techniques at an early age. He later studied watercolor painting under John Lewis Brown. Following a period in England with his family during the 1870s and subsequent military service, Delâtre returned to Paris, where he established his studio and focused on the technical advancement of fine art printing.
Delâtre became a central figure in the revival of color etching in France during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Influenced by Japanese woodcut prints, he developed innovative methods for painterly color intaglio and aquatint, mastering single-plate and multi-plate color applications that preserved the delicate tonalities of watercolor. Operating out of his studio in Montmartre, he served as a technical mentor to prominent contemporaries, teaching intaglio and engraving techniques to artists such as Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mary Cassatt, and Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen. In 1911, Delâtre printed the first complete edition of Pablo Picasso's seminal etching Le Repas Frugal.
In addition to his collaborative work with leading modernists, Delâtre maintained a distinct body of original artistic work. His landscape etchings and watercolors captured views of the Montmartre neighborhood and the rural scenery of the Sarthe region. He was an active participant in official arts organizations, becoming a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and a founding member of the Société de la Gravure Originale en Couleurs.
Delâtre exhibited regularly at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and participated in major international exhibitions. Following his death in 1938, his contribution to twentieth-century graphic arts remained widely recognized. His original prints and plates are preserved in major public collections, including the Musée d'Orsay and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, as well as the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
September Fine Art Auction
September 9 - September 24, 2026
661 Wall St, Winnipeg MB
(204) 255-5690
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