本名はクロード・ジュレで、ロレーヌ地方のシャマーニュに生まれたので「ロラン」とよばれます。若いころローマに出て、一生をイタリアで過ごしました。古代の建物や港を、朝日や夕日の金色の光でつつんだ、夢のように美しい風景画を描きました。その風景は、のちのイギリスの風景画家や、庭づくりにまで大きな影響をあたえました。
His real name was Claude Gellée. He is called 'Lorrain' because he was born in Chamagne, in the Lorraine region. As a young man he went to Rome, and he spent his life in Italy. He painted dreamlike landscapes of ancient buildings and harbors bathed in golden morning or evening light. His landscapes later had a big influence on British landscape painters and even on garden design.
