1762 – 1801

French painter. Following his move to Paris, where he became a pupil of Hugues Taraval (1729-1785) and a student at the Académie Royale, in 1784 Gauffier shared the Prix de Rome with Jean-Germain Drouais and Antoine-Denis Chaudet (for sculpture), his own work being Christ and the Woman of Canaan (École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris). During his time in Rome (1785-89) Gauffier worked hard, but his health was poor and the results variable.Show more

3 artworks in collection