Spelled " de La Tour , " wich is a bit odd , as if he wanted his name to look aristocratic.
If born in the city of Tours it would be " de Tours " actually , he was born in Vic -sur -Seille , in the duchy of Lorraine , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_de_La_Tour
From: Roy Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] A new project, Was: Bruegal NOW: De La Tour. Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:22:09 -0800 (PST) --- Daniel Musick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That de la Tour show at the Kimbell was what first turned me on to > both > gurdies and the painter himself. My wife & I, living in Oklahioma at > the > time, had come to see another show entirely and the de la Tour was an > extra > that I remember much better than the other one. Unfortunately the big > book > only includes 2-3 pictures with gurdies...Daniel Schade, ne? I have encourtered many mentions of the book, but it seems like another Cibola. Is the "Tour" in "de la Tour" a reference to Patrick's ( Bouffard) home town? Later, Roy
