Claude-Louis Châtelet
French painter
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| Intro | French painter | |
| A.K.A. | Claude-Louis Chastelet Claude Louis Chatelet Claude Louis Chastelet Claude Louis Duchatelet | |
| A.K.A. | Claude-Louis Chastelet Claude Louis Chatelet Claude Louis Chastelet Claude Louis Duchatelet | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1753, Paris, Île-de-France, France | |
| Death | 7 May 1795Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 42 years) |
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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.