Gaspard Dughet
Gaspard Dughet (15 June 1615 – 25 May 1675), also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome.
Life
Dughet was born in Rome, the son of a French pastry-cook [1] and his Italian wife.[2] He has always generally been considered as a French painter, although in fact he never visited France.[1] Between around 1631 and 1635 he became a pupil of Nicolas Poussin, who had married his sister Anne five years earlier.[1] Because of this connection he was widely known as "Gaspard Poussin."[2] After leaving Poussin's studio his works developed a more fluid style and developed his pictures of storms which account for 30 out of his 400 known works. [3]
He specialised in painting
Dughet died in Rome on 25 May 1675.
Influence
During the 18th century Dughet's work became especially popular amongst British collectors,
His pupils included
References
- ^ ISBN 9780870992957.
- ^ a b c d "Treasure of the Month – February 2012". Wallace Collectionn. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b c Grove Dictionary of Art vol 9 pps 375 - 378
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Poussin, Nicolas s.v. Gaspar Poussin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 222. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Simonetta Prosperi Valentini Rodinò, Courtois, Guillaume, in: Treccani, accessed 14 March 2015 (in Italian)
External links
- 95 artworks by or after Gaspard Dughet at the Art UK site