Ashmolean Museum Oxford
by Martin Sonnabend and Jon Whiteley with Christian Rümelin
A fascinating catalogue that was published in accompaniment to a major exhibition of Claude Lorrain's work at the Ashmolean Museum, Claude Lorrain: The Enchanted Landscape, which ran from 6 October 2011 to 8 January 2012. This book sets out to re-appraise his work and unites in a single volume paintings, drawings and prints from all periods of the artist's life.
Claude Lorrain (1604-1682) is known as the father of European landscape painting. His influence has been enormous, not only on the art of his immediate followers but on European landscape painters throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The impact of his art has been felt particularly in Britain, where 18th-and early 19th-century artists, collectors and connoisseurs contributed to a 'cult of Claude' which has left a lasting effect on British attitudes to the countryside. As a result, Claude's art has become very familiar and we have tended to see Claude through his influence.
These paintings represent his work across several decades, ending with his last painting, the magical Landscape with Ascanius shooting the Stag of Sylvia (1681-1682), which ranks among the most important paintings in the collection of the Ashmolean.
The range of works reproduced in this book, alongside its critical scholarly text, make it an essential purchase for all those interested in Claude, the landscape, and European landscape painting in general. It gives new insight into the creative process and achievement of one of the most enchanting European masters.
Martin Sonnabend is a curator in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. Jon Whiteley is a senior Keeper in the Department of Western Art in the Ashmolean, and an expert in French Drawings, Prints & Watercolours.
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, 2011.
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Book contains 216 pages
Dimensions: 28 x 22.1 x 1.6 cm
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