While artists’ reputations can sometimes decline after their deaths, rare is the case of someone falling into total obscurity. Yet such was the fate of Georges de La Tour (1593-1652), who found fame ...

Today, the blue light emitted by smartphones in the dark is, sadly, the closest contemporary equivalent to a candlelit glow. But centuries ago, the hauntingly beautiful paintings of Georges de La Tour ...

The work, which depicts a young woman in the act of completing a solitary domestic activity, represents an example of something the artist was extremely well known for. During La Tour’s late period, ...

In 2002 the French art historian Jacques Thuillier wrote that, save for Nicholas Poussin, Georges de La Tour was the 17th-century French painter on whom the most books had been written. And yet, not a ...

ReviewSome 30 works attributed to the French painter, whose life remains little known, are on display in Paris. In the absence of a clear chronology, the paintings have been categorized by subject − ...

Georges de La Tour’s painting is a consummation devoutly to be wish’d In de La Tour’s imagining, she sits at a table supporting books of scripture, a candle and a whip or scourge (which Mary has been ...

Georges de La Tour’s masterpiece at the Kimbell makes us co-conspirators “Friend! Shall we play a little game?” “Here, handsome, sit closer.” “Sir, let me top up your glass.” If you’re in the business ...

The Louvre Abu Dhabi has had a busy pandemic year, making 27 new acquisitions including the purchase of a rare Georges de la Tour painting and a poignant work by Marc Chagall. The Cologne auction ...

One of the grand masters of French painting, Georges de la Tour (1593-1652) paradoxically evolved a highly contrived style to accommodate his uncompromising realist vision. Seeking to reveal inner ...