Francois de la Tour

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf painting
gptkbp:activeYears 1620-1645
gptkbp:artMovement Baroque
gptkbp:artwork 17th century
Influence on modern portraiture
Influence on chiaroscuro artists
Influence_on_Baroque_art
Influence_on_French_realism
Influence_on_later_French_painters
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Academy_of_Painting_and_Sculpture
gptkbp:birthYear 1593
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Laval,_France
gptkbp:campusFacilities gptkb:Simon_Vouet
gptkbp:contributedTo Development of chiaroscuro technique
gptkbp:culturalImpact Significant_in_French_art_history
gptkbp:deathYear 1645
gptkbp:depictedIn Art history books
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:Musée_des_Beaux-Arts,_Rennes
gptkb:Musée_des_Beaux-Arts,_Nantes
2010
2015
2020
Retrospective
gptkbp:famousFor Realistic portrayal of subjects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francois de la Tour
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Georges_de_La_Tour
Caravaggisti
French_Baroque_painting
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Italian_Baroque
Caravaggio
gptkbp:inspiration Light and shadow
gptkbp:knownFor Chiaroscuro_painting
gptkbp:medium Oil on canvas
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWork The Penitent Magdalen
The Old Woman and the Boy
The_Fortune_Teller
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Cardinal_Richelieu
gptkbp:style Baroque
Naturalism
gptkbp:technique Use of dramatic lighting
gptkbp:technology Realism
Chiaroscuro
Dramatic contrast