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**Georges de la Tour of Lorraine, 1593 - 1652

LIFE and CAREER: ** Tour was born on March 19, 1593. He grew up in Vic-sur-seille,a little town, in NE France.There is little information about his life, including education, before the age of 25. Many believe that he traveled to Italy and or the Netherlands to pursue his painting education and career. (his assumption was made due to his style of painting. ) He ended up marrying and settling in Lunéville, France. He later became "Painter to the King" and was also hired by the the Duke of Lorraine. He died on January 30th, 1652 from pleurisy disease.

**STYLE:** The most well known and obvious aspect of tour's paintings is his use of light. Another standard is his attention to realism. All of his paintings accurately describe the scene in front of him. More subltey, he usually uses a very dark background and large for-fronting figures. These figures also very seldom show great movement.Tour most frequently painted religious scenes, but used an aesthetic influenced by his peasant surroundings. Because of these attributes, Tour was not a favored, let alone renowned artist, until the 19th century.

**WORK:** 1. The New - born Babe, The Nativity 2. The Angel appearing to St. Joseph asleep 3. St. Peter's Denial 4. Job and his Wife 5. The Adoration of the Shepherds 6. The Cheat 6a. The Card-Sharp with the Ace of Clubs 8. The Penitent 9.The repentant Magdalen ( with watch light) 9a. The repentant Magdalen ( flickering light) 9b. The repentant Magdalen ( with a mirror) 12. Monk Praying beside a Dying Monk - Ecstasy of a Monk 13. St. Alexis 14. St. Joseph the Carpenter 7. St. Irene mourning for St. Sebastian 15. The Dying St. Sebastian 17. The Hurdy-gurdy Player 18. The Penance of St. Jerome (stockholm) 18a. The Penance of St. Jerome (grenoble) 19. St. Jerome Reading zsdxfbgs. woman cathcing a flea dfsdg. boy blowing at lamp education of the virgin


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