Fact 310: Who painted A Landscape at Sunset?

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Fact 310: Who painted A Landscape at Sunset?


A Landscape at Sunset is part of a series of two landscapes: A Sunset and a Storm.
A Landscape at Sunset was painted by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1773.
The full name of, A Landscape at Sunset is, A Landscape at Sunset with Fishermen returning with their Catch.
Claude-Joseph Vernet was born in Avignon France in 1714 and died in his lodgings in the Louvre (Paris France) on 3 December 1789 (aged 75).


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