Claude Lorrain: The Painter of Light and Landscape Claude Lorrain (French: Claude Gellée; born c. 1600 or 1604/5 – died November 23, 1682, Rome) was a painter, draughtsman, and etcher of the Baroque era originally from the Duchy of Lorraine. He spent most of his life in Italy, establishing himself as one of the foremost landscape painters of his time and profoundly influencing subsequent generations of artists. His distinctive style—c…