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		De La Tour was born in the small town of Vic in Lorraine, eastern France, to humble parents - his father was a baker.
		Georges de La Tour was one of a number of 17th-century painters who cultivated a style of painting originally developed by Caravaggio and using strong and dramatic contrasts of light.
		De La Tour's tendency to use simplified shapes and volumes is evident in the faces, headwear and armour.
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	The Realism of Georges de la Tour
		Georges de la Tour (1593-1652) was born on March 14, 1593, in Vic-sur-Seille, twenty miles from Nancy, the ducal capital of Lorraine in northeastern France.
		The rediscovery of Georges de la Tour and his works was greatly due to the German art historian Hermann Voss, Director of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin, beginning in 1915.
		De la Tour is considered to be a follower of Caravaggio due to his dependency on specific elements of the Caravaggesque style (most notably the use of chiaroscuro and tenebristic techniques).
	www.students.sbc.edu /vandergriff04/georgesdelatour.html (2250 words)

	Georges de La Tour. Biography. - Olga's Gallery
		Georges de La Tour was born on March 13, 1593 in the town of Vic-upon-Seille, in Lorraine.
		La Tour became the guardian of his nephews Antoine and François Nardoyen, sons of his wife’s sister, whose husband died in the war.
		La Tour is an example of how artists can pass in and out of fashion and favor of the public.
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	GEORGES DE LA TOUR IN PARIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		De La Tour, born in Eastern France on March 14th 1593, was regarded as the French Caravaggio during his lifetime as he was one of the few gifted painters in Europe able to capture light in his paintings.
		De La Tour died in Lunéville, not far from Nancy, on January 30th 1652 and remained totally forgotten until the early years of the 20th century.
		De La Tour's works are mesmerizing in many respects and the lack of information about his life also adds to the mystery surrounding this painter who went against many artistic conventional principles while striving to bring about an unusual form of art.
	www.artcult.com /13news.htm (637 words)

	Biography
		Although the chronology of La Tour's output is uncertain, it is clear that he initially painted in a realistic manner and was influenced by the dramatic chiaroscuro of Caravaggio or his followers.
		The paintings of La Tour's maturity, however, are marked by a startling geometric simplification of the human form and by the depiction of interior scenes lit only by the glare of candles or torches.
		La Tour's work also exhibits a high degree of originality in colour and composition; the characteristic simplification of forms gives many of his pictures a deceptively modern appearance.
	www.wga.hu /bio/l/la_tour/georges/biograph.html (295 words)

	Paris exhibit sheds light on Georges de la Tour: 1/25/98
		La Tour (1593-1652) is not exactly a household name, even here in France where he has been rediscovered in recent years as a master of detail whose canvasses once hung in the palaces of King Louis XIII and his finance minister, Richelieu.
		The purchase in 1960 of "La Diseuse de Bonne Aventure" ("The Fortune Teller") by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was La Tour's consecration.
		Though La Tour has often been compared to the Dutch and Flemish masters of the period, in paintings such as "Les Mangeurs de Pois" ("The Pea-Eaters") he sets himself apart with a straightforward, almost clinical portrayal of the ravages of poverty.
	www.s-t.com /daily/01-98/01-25-98/e06ae203.htm (767 words)

	sGallery: ART news archive - Museo del Prado Discovers Georges La Tour Painting
		The discovery of the painting, now identified as undoubtedly a work by La Tour depicting Saint Jerome reading a Letter, is an exceptionally important one, as it represents a further addition to the small corpus of known works by the leading French painter of the 17th century.
		The only exhibition to have been devoted to De La Tour in Spain was the one held in 1994 at the Museo del Prado, which reunited the series of “Musicians”, with a catalogue by Juan J. Luna, Curator at the Museum.
		Georges de La Tour was born in Vic sur la Seille (Lorraine) in 1593 and died in Lunéville (Lorraine) in 1652.
	www.sgallery.net /news/06_2005/04.php (668 words)

	CARDSHARK Online - Georges de LA TOUR: The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Georges de la Tour produced two paintings with the same theme -- "The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds" (shown here) and "The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs".
		Although he was undoubtedly influenced by Caravaggio's famous painting "The Card Sharpers", de la Tour's masterpieces have a slightly more elaborate thematic background.
		Both of de la Tour's paintings are a representation of the three main temptations of the 17th Century: women, gambling and wine.
	cardshark.us /fr_art_latour_ad.html (96 words)

	J.-E berger Foundation: Georges de La Tour
		Caravaggio was despicable and La Tour probably even more so, and both produced extraordinary art transcending their true nature.
		La Tour was proud to boast the title of "painter to the King".
		La Tour, on the other hand, always depicts the source of light within his works.
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	Georges de La Tour (Getty Museum)
		La Tour's early mode typifies the Mannerist style of Nancy.
		Lit by crisp daylight, La Tour's works from this period are characterized by their still atmosphere and meticulous rendering of ornament and textures.
		Increasingly, La Tour was drawn to candlelight scenes in which a single flame created an atmosphere of otherworldly calm.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=500&page=1 (215 words)

	AllRefer.com - Georges de La Tour (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		La Tour painted religious and genre pictures, many of which show the influence of Dutch modifications of Caravaggio's style.
		A transitional painting, Job and His Wife (Epinal), is an early example of La Tour's nocturnal scenes, in which forms are dramatically illuminated by a candle or a hidden light source.
		In his later works (c.1640–1652), La Tour discarded extraneous detail and reduced figures to simple, sculptural forms rendered in warm colors.
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		Georges De La Tour was born on March 19, 1593, in the town of Vic-sur-Seille in the duchy of Lorraine in what is now northeastern France.
		In 1617 La Tour married Diane Le Terf, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine's finance minister, a nobleman from Luneville.
		Since the 19th century, scholars have established La Tour's value and have determined that at least twenty-five of the masterworks attributed to Zurburan, Velasquez, Ribera and Murillo (Spanish painters) were in reality La Tour's.
	www.askart.com /AskART/artist.aspx?artist=9000726&redir (743 words)

	Georges De La Tour (1593 - 1652) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		La Tour’s work went unrecognized after his death in 1652 but was rediscovered by a German scholar in 1915.
		Georges de la Tour - The Education of the Virgin c.
		Georges de La Tour - The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame c.
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	Unsigned La Tour painting found in Madrid - Boston.com - Theater/Arts - A&E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The undocumented painting by 17th-century French master Georges de La Tour which has been discovered in Madrid, where it is believed to have lain unnoticed for decades, is only the second work of de La Tour known to exist in Spain.
		The painting, "Saint Jerome Reading a Letter," is only the second work by La Tour known to exist in Spain, and only one of about a dozen of his paintings to have been identified throughout the world.
		Born in Vic sur la Seille in northeastern France, La Tour was a renowned painter of religious subjects, best known for his dramatic use of light effects in night scenes and his simplified form of painting.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/06/03/unsigned_la_tour_painting_found_in_madrid (586 words)

	Books \| The Cheat, Georges de La Tour (c1635-40)
		Artist: Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) was born in the Duchy of Lorraine, probably travelled to Italy and saw Lorraine conquered by France in 1630.
		In his later career, De La Tour returned constantly to intense religious moments: St Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene (1649), The Newborn Child (c1648).
		There's a comic excess to it; his cheating is not hard to discover and it might be just deserts for the peacock followers of fashion he is playing with, whose flouncy headdresses make them seem to have less inside their heads than they wear outside.
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	Out of Lascaux: Highlights: 12/11/02
		In his later works like this one, La Tour tended to erase small details in his paintings, like buttons, folds, creases and character lines on faces and skin.
		It is thought that the La Tour painted his daughter, wife and grandchild.
		La Tour was fond of having his models shield the candle with their hands so as to direct and focus the light.
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	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: European Paintings
		While an old gypsy crone tells his fortune, a naive youth is robbed by her accomplices, a subject popular among Caravaggesque painters throughout Europe in the 17th century.
		La Tour's painting can be interpreted as a genre or theatrical scene, or as an allusion to the parable of the prodigal son.
		The inscription includes the name of the town where La Tour lived, Lunéville in Lorraine.
	www.metmuseum.org /Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewMode=0&item=60.30 (107 words)

	Georges De La Tour
		Jan Vermeer and Georges de La Tour were born only a generation apart.
		But their most significant resemblance is their preoccupation with the realistic rendering of light: Vermeer with the appearance of daylight; La Tour, more and more, with the effects of chiaroscuro and the diffusion of artificial illumination.
		To discover those few pictures which can be ascribed to La Tour has been relatively simple, because a number are signed and the rest stamped with a distinctive style, but to unearth biographical material has proved nearly impossible.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/D/de_la_tour.html (518 words)

	Georges de La Tour Online
		Georges de La Tour at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
		Georges de La Tour in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
		All images and text on this Georges de La Tour page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/la_tour_georges_de.html (344 words)

	CARDSHARK Online - Georges de LA TOUR: Cheater with the Ace of Clubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The subject of The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs constitutes a moral essay on the vanity of worldly affairs.
		Earlier, in The Cardsharps, another painting belonging to the Kimbell, Caravaggio had established the essential formula for the depiction of this drama; the stock characters were the dupe, the cheat, and his sinister accomplice.
		La Tour elaborates upon Caravaggio's theme of deceit and corruption by substituting an overdressed courtesan for the signaling ruffian.
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	Georges de La Tour at the Grand Palais Story of a Rediscovery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In twenty-five years, knowledge of his life and work has expanded considerably, seven original canvases and six copies from now vanished originals have been rediscovered, which explains the interest and enthusiasm aroused by this exhibition as much among experts as among a larger public alive to the « mystery » of La Tour.
		Georges de la Tour was born in 1593, in Vic-sur-Seille, in Lorraine (eastern France), where he lived until 1620.
		Through the numerous documents that have come to light over the last twenty years, the hitherto generally accepted idea of an isolated artist has been discredited, but the debate about his early education (his father was a baker) remains open.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /label_france/ENGLISH/ART/latour/latour.html (374 words)

	Arts & Activities: Clip & save art notes - discussion of Georges de la Tour's The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs
		Georges de la Tour earned his living painting the kinds of pictures his clients wanted.
		De la Tour often liked to include someone in a picture wearing beautiful, expensive clothing because it gave him an opportunity to demonstrate his skill as a master painter.
		In this scene the seated woman is also richly dressed and is also wearing a handsome feathered hat.
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	ARTINVEST2000® GEORGES DE LA TOUR
		It is known that around 1621-23 the Duke bought a painting by La Tour, and another one in 1624, St. Peter, which he donated to decorate the church of the convent of Minimes.
		And later he bought many paintings from La Tour, among others were: The Discovery of the Body of St. Alexis, St. Sebastian with Lantern.
		Any illicit one will be pursued according to the relevant laws.
	www.artinvest2000.com /latour_english.htm (939 words)

	Arts & Activities: Classroom use - discussion of Georges de la Tour's The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs
		Arts and Activities: Classroom use - discussion of Georges de la Tour's The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs
		So severe was the unrest, that his hometown of Luneville was burned several years after this painting was completed.
		De la Tour and his family became refugees for two years before able to return home.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art - St. Peter Repentant (Georges de La Tour)
		The Cleveland Museum of Art is temporarily closed for renovation and expansion (January–July 2006).
		La Tour showed the saint as he realizes that he has done exactly as foretold.
		The dramatic lighting was inspired by the work of Caravaggio (1571-1610), whose works La Tour did not know first hand.
	www.clemusart.com /explore/work.asp?accno=1951.454 (128 words)

	Musées de France - Georges de La Tour necklace
		This necklace is inspired by Georges de La Tour's work Le tricheur à l'as de carreau.
		The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, one of the key paintings by La Tour (circa 1636-1638), depicts a young man being cheated at a game of cards by three accomplices : a courtesan, a servant and a swindler, seen on the left pulling out the master card from his belt.
		The same braid with a similar mauvish pink and white embroidery, forming a lattice pattern of flowerettes, with gold edging, trims the bodice of the servant and the collar of the trickster.
	www.museesdefrance.com /produits/details/BZ400024 (208 words)

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