Artist at the confluence of Nordic, Italian, and French cultures, and a contemporary of Jacques Callot and the Le Nain brothers, La Tour is a keen observer of everyday reality. His …

Georges de La Tour was a painter, mostly of candlelit subjects, who was well known in his own time but then forgotten until well into the 20th century, when the identification of many formerly …

Summary of Georges de La Tour One of the greatest exponents of 17 th century Baroque painting, La Tour's mastery of chiaroscuro was such that he is often named as Caravaggio's …

Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593 – January 30, 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into …

Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648.

One of the great French Baroque artists, indeed one of the finest Old Masters of Baroque art in Europe, Georges de La Tour led a highly successful career in Luneville in the Duchy of Lorraine.

Georges de La Tour was a French painter of the Baroque period known for his meditative candlelit scenes. Influenced by the chiaroscuro style of Caravaggio, La Tour produced paintings with a …

Thuillier, Jacques. Georges de La Tour. Translated by Fabia Claris. Paris, 1993 (French ed. 1992).

Aug 4, 2025 · Georges de La Tour’s impact on Baroque art is both subtle and profound. While he may not have been as widely celebrated during his lifetime as some of his contemporaries, his …

Highly successful in his lifetime as a painter in Lorraine whose work was also known and admired at the court of Louis XIII, Georges de La Tour was virtually forgotten after his death.