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Claude Lorrain (Chamagne, Lorraine, 1600 – Rome, 1682) was a French painter of the Baroque era. By the 1630s Lorrain was well known and successful, with illustrious patrons among the French and Italian aristocracy. [1] He exerted considerable influence on landscape artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. The English painter William Turner was especially indebted to Claude, and tried to outdo his grand compositions. [2]

Claude's achievement as a pioneer in landscape painting has earned him a place in the pantheon of art history. He was widely imitated for almost two centuries, and therefore often produces in the popular imagination a feeling of déjà-vu, especially in his best-known compositions. [3]

The Return of Odysseus.

Le Soleil Levant
Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641.
Capriccio with Ruins of the Roman Forum, ca. 1634
The Landing of Cleopatra in Tarsus
Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba

L'embarquement d'Ulysee.

External links

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert, 1668.

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 '''Claude Lorrain''' (Chamagne, Lorraine, 1600 – Rome, 1682) was a [[French]] [[painter]] of the [[Baroque]] era.
-By the 1630s Lorrain was well known and successful, with illustrious patrons among the French and Italian aristocracy. [http://www.answers.com/topic/claude-lorrain] He exerted considerable influence on landscape artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, as these examples show. The English painter [[William Turner]] was especially indebted to Claude, and tried to outdo his grand compositions. [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/claude]
+By the 1630s Lorrain was well known and successful, with illustrious patrons among the French and Italian aristocracy. [http://www.answers.com/topic/claude-lorrain] He exerted considerable influence on landscape artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. The English painter [[William Turner]] was especially indebted to Claude, and tried to outdo his grand compositions. [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/claude]
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 <gallery perrow="5">
 Image:Lorrain Le Soleil Levant.jpg|Le Soleil Levant
-Image:Lorrain Embarque de Santa Úrsula.jpg|Embarkation of Saint Ursula
+Image:Lorrain Embarque de Santa Úrsula.jpg|Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641.
 File:Claude Lorrain Capriccio with Ruins of the Roman Forum, ca. 1634.jpg|Capriccio with Ruins of the Roman Forum, ca. 1634
 Image:Lorrain The Landing of Cleopatra in Tarsos.jpg|The Landing of Cleopatra in Tarsus
 Image:Lorrain Embarkation of the Queen of Saba.jpg|Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba
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 == See also ==
+[[File:Lorraine, The Expulsion of Hagar, 1668.jpg|thumb|250px|The Expulsion of Hagar, 1668.]]
 *[[French painting]]
 *[[Painting Schools]]
 *[[Famous landscape paintings]]
+*[[French Lanscape Painting]]
+*[[Maritime Painting Gallery]]
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 == External links ==
+[[File:Lorrain, Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert, 1668.jpg|thumb|250px|Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert, 1668.]]
 *[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/claude/ Claude Lorrain] The Web Gallery of Art.
 *[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/claude_lorrain.html Claude Lorrain]
 *[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/lorrain/ Lorrain, Claude]
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 [[Category:French Painters]]