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Claude Lorrain

1600 - 1682

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Claude Lorrain (French: [klod lɔ.ʁɛ̃]; born Claude Gellée [ʒəle], called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era originally from the Duchy of Lorraine. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest significant artists, aside from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting. His landscapes often transitioned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by addition of a few small figures, typically representing a scene from the Bible or classical mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Lorrain is the 99th most popular painter (up from 107th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from France (up from 313th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Painter.

Claude Lorrain is most famous for his paintings of pastoral landscapes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Claude Lorrain ranks 99 out of 2,023. Before him are Oskar Kokoschka, Honoré Daumier, Paolo Uccello, Vittore Carpaccio, Paul Signac, and Sofonisba Anguissola. After him are Andrei Rublev, Filippo Lippi, Guido Reni, Hans Memling, Antonio da Correggio, and Matthias Grünewald.

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Among people born in 1600, Claude Lorrain ranks 4. Before him are Charles I of England, Pope Clement IX, and Pedro Calderón de la Barca. After him are Lorenzo Ruiz, Sawney Bean, Marie de Rohan, False Dmitry II, Nicolas Sanson, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Gabriel Naudé, and Cristóbal de Morales. Among people deceased in 1682, Claude Lorrain ranks 2. Before him is Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. After him are Jacob van Ruisdael, 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, Feodor III of Russia, Johann Joachim Becher, Avvakum, Jacob Kettler, Baldassare Longhena, Alessandro Stradella, and Thomas Browne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Lorrain ranks 303 out of 6,770. Before him are François Quesnay (1694), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Charles Fourier (1772), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Alfred Werner (1866), and Urbain Le Verrier (1811). After him are Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Victor Grignard (1871), Gilles de Rais (1405), Robert II of France (972), and Josquin des Prez (1450).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Claude Lorrain ranks 29. Before him are Berthe Morisot (1841), François Boucher (1703), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Honoré Daumier (1808), and Paul Signac (1863). After him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Georges de La Tour (1593), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Odilon Redon (1840), and Gustave Moreau (1826).

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