Artist
Claude-Louis Châtelet
French, 1753–1795
Claude-Louis Châtelet was a French Romanticism artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art. Claude-Louis Châtelet was born in Paris.
Overview
Claude-Louis Châtelet, a French painter, was born in Paris in 1753. He produced Swiss views, sea-pieces, and pastoral scenes in the style of Vernet. Examples of his work are in the Orléans Museum, the Palace at Fontainebleau, and the Cottier Collection. He embraced with ardour the cause of the Revolution, allied himself with Robespierre and the leaders of the Jacobins, and became a member of the Revolutionary Tribunal. He was arrested some months after the 9th Thermidor, tried, condemned, and executed in Paris, May 7, 1795.
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