Claude Lorrain

/ klod lɔrɛ̃ /

noun

1. Claude Lorrain16001682MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light

Example Sentences

It’s a mythological painting inspired by Ovid and based on a composition by the 17th-century painter Claude Lorrain.

From Washington Post

The Jewish Museum has borrowed from Richmond a pastoral scene by Claude Lorrain, “Battle on a Bridge,” confiscated by the Nazis from the Paris art dealer Georges Wildenstein.

From New York Times

Hills, trees and a shimmering lake are laid out in a subtly dynamic diagonal grid, which reflects the painter’s admiration for the popular French landscape artist Claude Lorrain.

From Los Angeles Times

Several presented themselves in the form of a gallery with more than a dozen paintings by the French painters Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain that I never knew existed here.

From New York Times

His “Landscape with Anteater” in the show is a mild-mannered thing; block out the coconut palms and you’re in Claude Lorrain’s Italy.

From New York Times