Claude Lorrain

Born: 1604
City and Country of Origin: Lorraine, France
Painting School: Baroque
Art Training: German-born landscapist Goffredo Wals in Naples
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Major Works: "Aeneas At Delos," "Sepia Mezzotint Landscapes"
Claude Lorrain Biography: He was born Claude Gellee into a peasant family. He changed his name to reflect the duchy in which he was born. He was not very fluent in language or math but knew painting and was very schooled in the effects of the light. He started his career in Rome and stayed there for the most part until his death. He is one of the great masters of the ideal-landscape. His paintings usually encompass a luminous sky spread above a pastoral landscape with a few figures and ancient ruins in the forefront.
Died: 1682