Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1593
- Died
- 1652
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Joruju do ra Toūru
- Saint Jérôme & Georges de la Tour
- Georges de La Tour
- Tout l'oeuvre peint de Georges de La Tour
- Tout l'œuvre peint de Georges de La Tour
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Listeners · Last.fm
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Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Georges de La Tour, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
Joseph the Carpenter, 1642, Louvre. Georges de La Tour ( French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ də la tuʁ]; 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.
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 pronounced taste for plays of light and shadow makes him one of the most original successors of Caravaggio.
