CLASEN CLASEN, KARL, born in Dtlsselrlorf in j 1812. History painter ; pupil at Diissel- dorf Academy under W. Schadow. Painted j history, sacred and profane, with a pure , feeling for nature, and careful execution. ; Works : Flight into Egypt (1839); Rudolph ' of Hapsburg giving his Horse to a Sick Priest (1840) ; Pope Sixtus and Deacon Lau- rentius (1842); Daughter of Jairus (1845); Discovery of the Springs at Aix-la-Chapelle ; Reconciliation of Queen Catharine with Cardinal Wolsey (1850); Allegory of Borus- sia (1867). Brockhaus, iv. 437 ; Muller, 106 ; Wiegmann, 178. CLASEN, LORENZ, born in Diisseldorf, Dec. 14, 1812. History painter ; cousin of Karl ; pupil of Diisseldorf Academy under Th. Hildebrandt ; painted at first biblical | scenes, then chiefly subjects from romantic ' history. In 1850 removed to Berlin, 1854, | to Leipsic. Was also a distinguished writer on art. Works : Early Christians ; Annun- ciation to the Shepherds (1837); David playing before Saul, Conversion of Clovis by his' Wife Clotilda (1839); Minstrels' Contest at the Wartburg ; Conrad H. (Kaisersaal, Frankfort) ; Expulsion of St. Elizabeth (1840); Madonna (1841); Blessings of Peace and Industry, Entry of Happy Rulers (1844); Germania on Guard on the Rhine (City Hall, Crefeld); Germania on the Sea, Bish- ops of Cologne and Mentz before Conrad II. (1847); Cycle from History of Families von J Brandt and von Watzdorf (1865-66). Brockhaus, iv. 437 ; Ulustr. Zeitg. (1871), ii. 175 ; Muller, 106 ; Wiegniaun, 204. CLAUDE, GEORGES, born in Paris; contemporary. Son and pupil of J. M. Claude and pupil of P. Galland. Medal, 3d class, 1884. Portraits (1879, 1882); Adoration of the Cross at Mont Cassin (1884). CLAUDE, JEAN MAXIME, bom in Paris, June 24, 1824. Landscape painter, and painter of sporting and hunting scenes ; pupil of Galland. Medals : 1866 and 1869 ; 2d class, 1872. Works : Rendezvous, Re- treat (1861); Halloing at the Ponds of Comi- elles, Bloodhounds in their Kennel the Day before a Hunt (1863) ; Huntsman with Hound going to Woods (1864); Morning of Beginning and Day of Closing the Hunt (1866); Corner of the Kennel (1868); Hunt- er's Story (1869); Return from Hunt (1870); Antechamber, Souvenir of Rotten Row (1872); Returning from Rotten Row (1874); Hyde Park (1876) ; These Gentlemen are Served, Conversation in Hyde Park (1877) ; Sketch on the Cliff, Albert Gate of Hyde Park (1878) ; Confidence (1879) ; Sit Up- right (1881) ; Sunset, Spring-Time (1882) ; At the Rendezvous in Fontainebleau (1883). CLAUDE LORRAIN, born in Cham- pagne on the Mo- selle in 1600, died in Rome, Nov. 23, 1682. French school; landscape painter ; real name Gellee ; pupil in drawing of his elder brother Jean, wood engraver at Freiburg in Breis- gau. Taken to Rome in 1613 by a relative, he went thence to Naples, where he spent two years as pupil of Godfrey Wals, a painter from Cologne. From 1619 to April, 1625, he lived at Rome, working as apprentice and valet to Agostino Tassi, who was em- ployed by the Cardinal di Montalto to decorate his palace, after which he returned to Lorraine by Venice and the Tyrol. At Nancy he found employment in decorating the Chapelle des Carmes, for Duke Charles HI., with figures and architectural orna- ments, until the middle of the year 1627, when he returned to Rome to remain for the rest of his life. Here he became inti- mate with Sandarrt, Peter de Laar, and Poussin, and spent his time in making stud- ies in the Campagna, at Tivoli, Frascati, and Subiaco. By 1634, Claude had become a celebrity at Rome and had painted many pictures, although none are known of a date earlier than the Village Fete and the Sea Port at the Louvre of the year 1639. The ao-i
