Louis Gauffier

Jun 10, 1762 - Oct 20, 1801

Louis Gauffier was a French painter. Born in Poitiers, he studied in Paris with the history painter Hughes Taraval before entering the Prix de Rome competition which he won in 1779. Apart from a brief return to Paris in 1789 he remained in Italy for the remainder of his life. Gauffier initially settled in Rome, but popular unrest following the execution of Louis XVI led him to flee with his wife to Florence. He could not receive patronage from France because he was branded a royalist, and this curtailed his career as a history painter. Instead, he painted landscapes, which he sold to English tourists. When French troops occupied Florence in 1799, he began to paint officers' portraits.
Gauffier died in Livorno 1801.
Show lessRead more
Wikipedia

Discover this artist

Related works from the web

Artworks not sourced from our partners' collections
Google apps