He was often called the master of the decorative landscape, as if accusing him of the fact that the places he depicts do not really exist. But not existing in nature, they are similar to our dreams of something unattainably beautiful.
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- Abduction of Europe by Claude Lorrain The flowering of creativity Claude Lorrain falls on the 50s. XVII century. During these years he created the best of his works. So, in the painting “The Abduction of Europe”,...
- Acis and Galatea by Claude Lorrain Another famous picture of Lorrain is “Acis. And Galatea.” This canvas is currently stored in the Dresden Gallery. The work is written in the classical style, which requires compliance with...
- Sea Harbor at Sunset by Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain is an artist who has managed to open a new page in the genre of idyllic landscape. With all the typicality of the applied compositional techniques typical of...
- Morning by Claude Lorrain The landscapes of Claude Lorrain, along with the philosophical paintings of his contemporary Poussin, were one of the peaks of French classicism. True, it is difficult to find more dissimilar...
- Port Tramonto by Claude Lorrain Brushes Claude Lorrain owned a series of paintings, which are faced by two elements – land and sea. Some of them, such as Port of Tramonto, are written in the...
- Herd Returning Home in the Rain by Claude Lorrain Authorship of 44 prints Lorrain finally confirmed by the researchers. There are still some doubtful works in this sense. Most of the surviving engravings Lorrain created at the beginning of...
- Rural landscape overlooking the castle of Gandolfo by Claude Lorrain One of the most influential patrons of Lorrain was Pope Urban VIII. For him, the artist painted four paintings in 1637-39. These paintings include the charming “Port”, 1637 and the...
- Landscape with a goatfish and goats by Claude Lorrain Lorrain populated some of his canvases with characters that have no relation to history or mythology. These landscapes echo the mood with the pastoral poems of Virgil, the most famous...
- The Liberation of St. Peter by Claude Lorrain Around 1635, Lorrain proceeded to a detailed description of his own work, which took shape in the so-called “Book of Truth.” He kept his notes until his death. The “Book...
- Landscape with Psyche on the background of Cupid’s Palace by Claude Lorrain The second title of this work, the Enchanted Castle, appeared in 1782, when an engraving was made from the painting. It is unusually successful, for it perfectly corresponds to the...
- Landscape with the scene of the wedding of Isaac and Rebekah by Claude Lorrain This painting, also known as “The Mill”, is a steam room for the painting “Departure of the Queen of Sheba.” Both works are believed to have been ordered by Cardinal...
- Cleopatra’s arrival at Tarsus by Claude Lorrain The picture is written on a real historical plot, as always with Lorrain, greatly transformed. The Queen arrives in Tarsus, intending to seduce Mark Antony and thereby subordinate him to...
- Soroka by Claude Monet In the years 1868-1869, Claude Monet was engaged in writing the picture “Forty”, which stands out for its calmness. The work looks quite simple, it depicts a winter rural landscape,...
- Landscape with a scene of rest on the way to Egypt by Claude Lorrain This is one of several developments of the plot favorite by the artist. In Russia, the variant from the Hermitage series of “times of the day” is better known –...
- Landscape with country dance by Claude Lorrain This picture refers to the period of the most intense artistic work of Lorrain, who in general formed his own artistic system by that time and created his own version...
- Departure of Saint Paula by Claude Lorrain “Departure of St. Paula” can also be counted among the masterpieces of the artist. The architectural landscape resembles the view of Ostia’s harbor. On either side of the bay, buildings...
- View of Rome by Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain often depicted architectural structures in his paintings. In his early works one can find several types of the environs of Rome, written with high topographic accuracy. Subsequently, the...
- Rural landscape by Claude Lorrain In addition to the drawings included in the “Book of Truth”, there are still about 1100 independent works by Lorrain, made in this genre. Thus, the total number of drawings...
- Landscape with Apollo and Mercury by Claude Lorrain On this story, Claude Lorrain wrote several pictures. The myth tells that in punishment for the murder of the Cyclopes, who forged the father of Apollo Zeus with lightning, Zeus...
- Departure of the Queen of Sheba by Claude Lorrain This seascape of Lorrain is a paired picture to “Landscape with the scene of the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah.” Turner was so fascinated by these two works of Lorrain...