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Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675)

Dughet was born in Rome in 1615

Gaspard Dughet was born in Rome in 1615 where he spent most of his life and career, never having left Italy in his lifetime. Despite this, Gaspard Dughet was considered to be a member of the French School because from 1613 to 1635, his brother-in-law, Nicolas Poussin, taught him.
The work of Gaspard Dughet closely resembles that of his teacher Poussin, but differs in its more romantic style.

Student of Nicolas Poussin

Gaspard Dughet began his career as a student of Nicolas Poussin, an artist considered to be the foundation of French classical painting. From Poussin, Dughet learned precision in drawing, austerity in color, and attention to antiquity in theme. Though Gaspard Dugheta dopted the surname of his mentor, he did not practice the same highly formal style of drawing, nor did he exploit subject matter inspired by antiquity as thoroughly. Instead, he pursued landscape more for its romantic and mysterious moods.

Picturesque style

Gaspard Dughet cultivated a picturesque style that highlighted and idealized the effects of dramatic skies, irregular rock and tree formations, and distant horizons.
Though the Museum's landscape contains classical references, Gaspard Dughet did not aspire to the profound intellectual interpretation of the past found in Poussin as much as a consciously sensual representation of nature. Gaspard Dughet's pictures brought him great success and were avidly sought by English collectors.
Gaspard Dughet died in Rome in 1675.

Literature

Gaspard Dughet, Rome, 1615-1675 by Marcel Roethlisberger
Gaspard Dughet and San Martino ai Monti by Susan J Bandes
Gaspard Dughet's frescoes in Palazzo Colonna, Rome by Susan J Bandes