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Lorrain may refer to: * Claude Lorrain (1600–82), a 17th-century French artist of the baroque style * Lorrain language, a Romance dialect spoken in Lorraine region in France and Gaume region in Belgium See also * Lorain (other) * Loraine (other) Loraine may refer to: People * Loraine (name) Places * Loraine, California * Loraine, Illinois * Loraine, North Dakota * Loraine, Texas * Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois Buildings * Hotel Loraine, Wisconsin, United States * Loraine B ... * Lorraine (other) {{disambig ...
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Claude Lorrain
Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting. His landscapes are usually turned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by the addition of a few small figures, typically representing a scene from the Bible or classical mythology. By the end of the 1630s he was established as the leading landscapist in Italy, and enjoyed large fees for his work. His landscapes gradually became larger, but with fewer figures, more carefully painted, and produced at a lower rate.Kitson, 6 He was not generally an innovator in landscape painting, except in introducing the sun and streaming sunlight into many paintings, which had been rare be ...
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Lorrain Language
Lorrain is a language (often referred to as patois) spoken by now a minority of people in Lorraine in France, small parts of Alsace and in Gaume in Belgium. It is a langue d'oïl. It is classified as a regional language of France and has the recognised status of a regional language of Wallonia, where it is known as Gaumais. It has been influenced by Lorraine Franconian and Luxembourgish, West Central German languages spoken in nearby or overlapping areas. Features Linguist Stephanie Russo noted the difference of a 'second' imperfect and pluperfect tense between Lorrain and Standard French. It is derived from Latin grammar that no longer is used in modern French. Variations The Linguasphere Observatory distinguishes seven variants : * Argonnais ( Argonne, Woëvre, eastern French Ardennes, Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle) * Longovician (Longwy, Longuyon, northern Meurthe-et-Moselle) * Gaumais (arrondissement of Virton, cantons of Montmédy and Stenay in Meuse and the canton ...
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Loraine (other)
Loraine may refer to: People * Loraine (name) Places * Loraine, California * Loraine, Illinois * Loraine, North Dakota * Loraine, Texas * Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois Buildings * Hotel Loraine, Wisconsin, United States * Loraine Building, Michigan, United States Other uses * ''Loraine'', a song by Linton Kwesi Johnson from the album '' Bass Culture'' * Loraine baronets, English baronetage See also * Lorain (other) * Lorane (other) * Lorrain (other) * Lorraine (other) * Lorraine (given name) Lorraine is a feminine given name, which is simply from the name of the region of ''Lorraine'' in France and the dish quiche Lorraine. It has been used in the English-speaking world (especially the United States and Canada) since the Franco-Prus ...
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Lorain (other)
Lorain may refer to: Places * Lorain, Ohio * Lorain, Pennsylvania * Lorain, Wisconsin * Lorain County, Ohio ** Lorain County Community College * Lorain Township, Minnesota People * René Lorain (born 1900), French athlete * Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress Organizations * Lorain City School District * Lorain Correctional Institution * Lorain County Transit * Lorain, Ashland & Southern Railroad Other uses * ''Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.'' * USS ''Lorain'' (PF-93) See also * Loraine (other) Loraine may refer to: People * Loraine (name) Places * Loraine, California * Loraine, Illinois * Loraine, North Dakota * Loraine, Texas * Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois Buildings * Hotel Loraine, Wisconsin, United States * Loraine B ... * Lorrain (other) * Lorraine (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ...
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