Giuseppe Drugman (27 April 1810 – 1 October 1846) was an Italian landscape and cityscape painter.

Biography

He was born in

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

, where his father was a carpenter and woodcarver at the

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. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Parma, where he studied with the landscape painter, Giuseppe Boccaccio. During the uprisings of 1831, he and his brother Massimo were suspected of belonging to the

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, but were eventually cleared.Brief biography
@

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. In 1835, he participated in a competition for young artists sponsored by Duchess Maria Luigia. The first prize was 18 months to study in Rome. He was awarded the prize in the landscape category for his painting of a deer hunt. He went to Rome in 1837 and began sending his canvases home; notably scenes of

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and the

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, done in a style reminiscent of

Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in I ...

. Towards the end of his stay, he spent some time in Albano. He returned to Parma in the summer of 1838, was married, and began executing commissions for the Court, including views of the

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and several

vedute A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre of landscape originated ...

of Parma. He also substituted for Boccaccio as a landscape teacher at the Academy whenever the latter visited

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. In 1841, he was especially busy with commissions, doing canvases of the

Ducal Palace of Colorno The Ducal Palace, also known as Reggia di Colorno, is an edifice in the territory of Colorno, Emilia Romagna, Italy. The palace we see today was refurbished by Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma in the early 18th century on the remains of a former ...

, as well as other vedute of Parma, including: * ''Fishpond in the Ducal Garden'' * ''The Road from Parma to

La Spezia La Spezia (, or ; ; , in the local ) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguria ...

'' * ''At Monte Prinzera'' * ''Close to the

Taro Taro (; ''Colocasia esculenta'') is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and Petiole (botany), petioles. Taro corms are a ...

'' * ''Parma Seen from the Road to

Langhirano Langhirano (Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about south of Parma. Langhirano borders the following municipalities: Calestano, Cornigl ...

'' * ''New Bridge over the near

Fornovo di Taro Fornovo di Taro () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Parma, in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Parma. The town lies on the east bank of the Taro (river), Taro River. ...

'' * ''Entry to the Royal Citadel'' * ''New Royal Barracks at the Citadel'' In 1844 he, Luca Gandaglia (c.1780–c.1850) and Giuseppe Giorgi were engaged to paint scenes from the operas ''

I Lombardi ''I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata'' (''The Lombards on the First Crusade'') is an operatic ''dramma lirico'' in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi, which was "very much a ...

'' and '' Maria di Rohan'' at the Teatro Regio. He also painted for the court ''Veduta della nuova strada di Berceto'' (1844), a ''veduta del reale Casino dei Boschi'' (1845), and a ''veduta del reale giardino di Parma'' (1846). He died in Parma of

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, aged only 36. In 2014, a retrospective of his works was held at the Museo Glauco Lombardi.Article
from the

Gazzetta di Parma ''Gazzetta di Parma'' is a daily newspaper published in Parma, Italy. It is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the country. History and profile ''Gazzetta di Parma'' was established as a weekly newspaper in 1735. Cesare Zavattini started his ...

. A small street in Parma is named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drugman, Giuseppe 1810 births 1846 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian landscape painters Cityscape artists Painters from Parma 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Italy Infectious disease deaths in Emilia-Romagna 19th-century Italian male artists