Louis Gauffier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louis Gauffier

French artist

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1762

Place of Birth: Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1801

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Louis Gauffier

  • Louis Gauffier (1762–1801) 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 (La CananĂ©enne aux pieds de JĂ©sus-Christ).
  • 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 (Tuscany) 1801.

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