Georges De La Tour (1593-1652)

In the Baroque Art of France, a spirit of realism was felt around Jacques Callot, parctictioner of a true art of portraiture, in which no embelishments and no beautifying would accompany the characters of a painting. In this group, the most original is Georges de la Tour, who was afor a time ignored by the art critics. Many of de la Tour's works have ambiguous titles and subjects, so much so that "The Denial of Saint Peter" could very well be "Old Man with a Servant". His paintings are known by their effects of candle lighting, which separates the traits of the characters in the forefront from all surrounding details. His characters have a strange calmness about them, the drawing style has a linear purity, as if De la Tour were a sort of Rembrandt turned cinematographer, with much clearer backgrounds and rich colorful scenes.

Georges De La Tour "Adoration of the Shepherds" (1644) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Georges De La Tour "Magdalen with the Smoking Flame" (1640) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles	Georges De La Tour "The Penitent Magdalen" (1638-1643) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Georges De La Tour "Magdalen of Night Light" (1640-1645) Musee du Louvre, Paris
Georges De La Tour "Penitent St Jerome" (1625) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm	Georges De La Tour "St Jerome" (1630-1635) Musee de Grenoble, Grenoble	Georges De La Tour "The Payment of Dues" (1630-1635) Museum of Fine Arts, Lwow	Georges De La Tour "The New-born" (1645) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Georges De La Tour "Peasant Couple Eating" (1620) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Georges De La Tour "The Dream of St Joseph" (1640) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes	Georges De La Tour "Fortune Teller" (1632-1635) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Georges De La Tour "Christ in the Carpenters Shop" (1645) Musee du Louvre, Paris
Georges De La Tour "Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds" (1635) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Georges De La Tour "Blind Musician" () Museo del Prado, Madrid	Georges De La Tour "Job Mocked by his Wife" (1635) Musee Departemental des Vosges, epinal	Georges De La Tour "St Sebastien Attended by St Irene 1" (1649) Musee du Louvre, Paris
Georges De La Tour "Christ in the Carpenters Shop - detail" (1645) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Georges De La Tour "The Hurdy-gurdy Player" (1631-1636) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes	Georges De La Tour "St Thomas" (1625-1630) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Georges De La Tour "The New-born - detail" (1645) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Georges De La Tour "The Dream of St Joseph - detail" (1640) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes	Georges De La Tour "Woman Catching Fleas" (1635) Musee Historique, Nancy	Georges De La Tour "Saint Jerome Reading" (1621-1623) Royal Collection, Hampton Court	Georges De La Tour "Quarrelling Musicians" (1625-1630) Private collection
Georges De La Tour "St Sebastien Attended by St Irene 2" (1634-1643) Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Astronomy Day, Concerts This Weekend in Greenwich The Daily Greenwich - 9 Feb 2012 at 5:37pm Felix Delatour, at First Presbyterian Church, 1 W. Putnam Ave.; $25, including buffet. Call 203-869-8686 for more information. • 9 am – 12 pm – Walkers, joggers, and cyclists can enjoy open roads at Greenwich Point through the Friends of Greenwich ...
SkySports	Tour for Leopardstown SkySports - 26 Jan 2012 at 11:39am Useful novice Notus De La Tour has been confirmed as an intended runner in Sunday's Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown. The six-year-old will be making his second trip to Ireland after chasing home Blackstairmountain in a Grade ...
SkySports	Pipe dream still alive SkySports - 30 Jan 2012 at 12:51pm David Pipe is mulling the Cheltenham Festival options for Notus De La Tour after his third behind Flemenstar in Sunday's Irish Arkle at Leopardstown. The six-year-old was beaten some 21 lengths in finishing third behind impressive scorer Flemenstar in ... Arkle cheer for MartinThe Press Association