Georges de La Tour
Lorrain painter (1593–1652)
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FranceA French Baroque painter forgotten for nearly three centuries, then pulled back into view by a German scholar in the early 1900s. His candlelit religious scenes—all shadow and flicker—made him one of Caravaggio's most original heirs, and late rediscovery turned him into a figure poets couldn't stop writing about.
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Georges de La Tour was born 13 March 1593 and spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, a region caught between Nordic, Italian, and French currents and temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. A contemporary of Jacques Callot and the Le Nain brothers, he painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, his pronounced taste for plays of light and shadow marking him as a keen observer of everyday reality. Recognised during his lifetime, he was quickly forgotten after his death on 30 January 1652. German art historian Hermann Voss rediscovered him in the early 20…
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