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CLAUDE LORRAINE

Claude Lorraine (real name Claude Gelee) was a French landscape painter. He was born in 1600 at Charmagne, Lorraine and died in 1682. He lived most of his life in Rome where he gained renown, patrons and customers. He is best known for his landscapes in which the treatment of the sky and light are so successful.
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