Artist: Claude Lorrain (1604 - 1682)
Nationality: French
Movement: Baroque
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Originally named Claude Gellee, Lorrain was a peasant’s son who never received basic education. He began his devoted art career in Rome around 1617 and was influenced by the Northern European landscapists from Italy. After briefly studying in Naples, Claude joined Rome’s Accademia di San Luca in 1633. He was an influential landscape artist who mastered light in all of his works.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Jean-Baptiste HeraclÈe Olivier de Wismes (le baron de Wismes), L*Enfance de Claude Lorrain (The Childhood of Claude Lorrain), 1864
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Claude Lorrain, Le Troupeau en marche, 1652
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Claude Lorrain, Mercury and Argus, 1662
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Claude Lorrain, L"Apparition, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, L"Apparition, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Campo Vaccino, 1636
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Claude Lorrain, Le Bouvier (the cow-herd), 1636
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Claude Lorrain, Le Bouvier (the cow-herd), 1636
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Claude Lorrain, (Untitled), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Scene de Brigands, 1633
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Claude Lorrain, (Untitled), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, La Tempete, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Mercury and Argus, 1662
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Claude Lorrain, (Three images), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, The Dance under the Trees, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, View of Tivoli at Sunset, 1644
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Claude Lorrain, The Four Goats, circa 1630 - 1634
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Claude Lorrain, Le Naufrage (The shipwreck), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Naufrage (The shipwreck), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Porte de Mer au Canal, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Naufrage (The shipwreck), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Patre et la Bergere, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Troupeau a l"abreuvoir, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Troupeau a l"abreuvoir, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Quatre Chevres, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Scene de Brigands, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Cowherd (or Evening), 17th century
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Sunrise, possibly 1646-47 Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, 1604/5?–1682)Oil on canvas; 40 1/2 x 52
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Claude Lorrain, Le Soleil Levant (The rising sun), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Le Dessinateur (The landscape painter), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Berger et Bergere conversant, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Les Trois Chevres (The Three Goats), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, L"Enlevement d"Europe (The Rape of Europa), 1634
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Claude Lorrain, Le Dessinateur (The landscape painter), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, L"Enlevement d"Europe (The Rape of Europa), 1634
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Claude Lorrain, Le Soleil Levant (The rising sun), 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Landscape with goatherder and goats, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, Landscape with figures dancing, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, The Seaport with the large tower, 17th century
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Claude Lorrain, The Seaport with the large tower, 17th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Cleveland Museum of Art: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Curated by Diane De Grazia with Carter Foster, the exhibition will travel to the Pierpont Morgan Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. National City is the international sponsor of Master Drawings from the Cle...
Frick Art and Historical Center: Masterworks from the Albertina: Renaissance to Rococo
In all, some eighty drawings and twenty-two prints by masters of the German, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, and French schools will be on view. This traveling exhibition will remain at The Frick Art Museum through March 3, 2002. Among the many oth...
Frick Collection: Poussin, Claude, and Their World: Seventeenth-Century French Drawings from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
The École des Beaux-Arts has seldom placed such a large number of sheets on loan at any given time, and this exhibition will include many drawings that have never been on view in the United States. Furthermore, several new acquisitions are to be ...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from England's Dulwich Picture Gallery
Described as Londons most perfect gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery houses a renowned collection of European painting from ...
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: Works from Renaissance to 20th-Century Highlight How Artists and their Workshops Used Both Sides of the Sheet
The unusual display allows viewers to trace the creative process as an artist sketched from one side of the sheet to the other, to see how works were copied by assistants in Renaissance workshops, and to understand the increasing shift toward a co...
Portland Museum of Art: Charles Codman: Retrospective
Most likely a native of Boston, Codman began his career as an apprentice to ornamental painter John Ritto Pennimans. He continued his work in decorative painting after relocating to Portland in 1822, enjoying a brisk trade painting portraits, sign...

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Claude Lorrain Prints, Pictures - The Thumbnail Images
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Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), French classical landscape painters
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