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Georges de La Tour

1593 - 1652

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Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) 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. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges de La Tour is the 111th most popular painter (down from 110th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from France (down from 324th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Painter.

Georges de la Tour is most famous for his religious paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Georges de La Tour ranks 111 out of 2,023. Before him are Matthias Grünewald, Lisa del Giocondo, Ivan Aivazovsky, Jacob van Ruisdael, Apelles, and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Pontormo, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Yayoi Kusama, Simone Martini, and Andrea del Sarto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Georges de La Tour ranks 3. Before him are Mumtaz Mahal, and Artemisia Gentileschi. After him are Jacob Jordaens, Toyotomi Hideyori, George I Rákóczi, Nicolaes Tulp, Matthäus Merian, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Balthasar van der Ast, Anthony van Diemen, and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1652, Georges de La Tour ranks 2. Before him is Jusepe de Ribera. After him are Gregorio Allegri, Pietro Della Valle, Jacob De la Gardie, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Jan Dirksz Both, Denis Pétau, and Claes Jansz. Visscher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges de La Tour ranks 354 out of 6,770. Before him are Olivier Messiaen (1908), Éliphas Lévi (1810), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), and Elisabeth of Valois (1545). After him are Philip the Bold (1342), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Anne of Brittany (1477), Louis Renault (1843), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), and Paul Ricœur (1913).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Georges de La Tour ranks 31. Before him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Honoré Daumier (1808), Paul Signac (1863), Claude Lorrain (1600), and William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825). After him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Odilon Redon (1840), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jean Dubuffet (1901), and André Derain (1880).

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