La Touche received commissions to provide decorations for the Town Hall in Saint-Cloud and the reception hall at the Ministry of Justice (Hôtel de Bourvallais), although the latter were never installed there and are now at the Palais du Luxembourg. In 1900, he was one of several artists who provided decorations for Le Train Bleu, a famous restaurant near the Gare de Lyon.

In his later years, he divided his time between his studio in Saint-Cloud and his family’s properties in Champsecret. In 1909, he was named an Officer in the Legion d’Honneur. In 1912, he completed his last major decorative project at “Villa Arnaga”, Edmond Rostand‘s home in Cambo-les-Bains, which is now a museum. He died in Paris while painting.

Among the works he illustrated are L’Assommoir (The Dram Shop) by Zola, Aux flancs du Vase by Albert Samain, and Poèmes by Henri de Régnier. Source: Wikipedia.

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