Born in Croydon, La Thangue studied at the Royal Academy schools before training at the atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris.
During summers spent on the Brittany coast he began to produce works inspired by the rural naturalism of Jules Bastien-Lepage. On his return to Britain he became a leading proponent of this style throughout the 1880s before moving towards a more Impressionistic palette from the turn of the century.
From 1900 La Thangue began to spend more time each year in the South of France, Spain and Italy. These locations provided simple rural subjects such as Packing Stocks and The Appian Way, subjects that La Thangue felt had all but disappeared in England.
During summers spent on the Brittany coast he began to produce works inspired by the rural naturalism of Jules Bastien-Lepage. On his return to Britain he became a leading proponent of this style throughout the 1880s before moving towards a more Impressionistic palette from the turn of the century.
From 1900 La Thangue began to spend more time each year in the South of France, Spain and Italy. These locations provided simple rural subjects such as Packing Stocks and The Appian Way, subjects that La Thangue felt had all but disappeared in England.
