Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque artist, who painted mostly religious scenes in chiaroscuro style, lit by pale candlelight.
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His painting method moves during his career towards greater simplicity and stillness.
He painted using chiaroscuro, careful geometrical compositions, and very simplified depicting of forms.
La Tour\'s s early paintings shows influences from Caravaggio, and probably also from Jacques Bellange, but unlike Caravaggio his religious paintings lack dramatic effects.
Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque artist, who painted mostly religious scenes in chiaroscuro style, lit by pale candlelight