Jacques-Louis David
List Price: $6.95
BORN: August 30, 1748 in Paris, France.
DIED: December 29, 1825 in Brussels, Netherlands.
MOVEMENT: Neoclassicism
INTERESTING FACTS:
David is considered the leading French painter in the Neoclassical style.
David was an active supporter of the French Revolution and was imprisoned after the fall from power of Maximilien Robespierre.
He trained under Rococo painter Francois Boucher, who was also a distant relative.
David was a member of the Royal Academy. He submitted two paintings and both were included in the Salon of 1781, a high honor for an artist.
David was the official court painter of Napoleon Bonaparte’s regime.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates, The Death of Marat, Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass.
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID Art Book contains 75+ Reproductions of Religious, Portrait, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date.
Jacques-Louis David
BORN: August 30, 1748 in Paris, France.
DIED: December 29, 1825 in Brussels, Netherlands.
MOVEMENT: Neoclassicism
INTERESTING FACTS:
David is considered the leading French painter in the Neoclassical style.
David was an active supporter of the French Revolution and was imprisoned after the fall from power of Maximilien Robespierre.
He trained under Rococo painter Francois Boucher, who was also a distant relative.
David was a member of the Royal Academy. He submitted two paintings and both were included in the Salon of 1781, a high honor for an artist.
David was the official court painter of Napoleon Bonaparte’s regime.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates, The Death of Marat, Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass.
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID Art Book contains 75+ Reproductions of Religious, Portrait, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date.
List Price: $6.95
Description
Jacques-Louis DavidBORN: August 30, 1748 in Paris, France.
DIED: December 29, 1825 in Brussels, Netherlands.
MOVEMENT: Neoclassicism
INTERESTING FACTS:
David is considered the leading French painter in the Neoclassical style.
David was an active supporter of the French Revolution and was imprisoned after the fall from power of Maximilien Robespierre.
He trained under Rococo painter Francois Boucher, who was also a distant relative.
David was a member of the Royal Academy. He submitted two paintings and both were included in the Salon of 1781, a high honor for an artist.
David was the official court painter of Napoleon Bonaparte’s regime.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates, The Death of Marat, Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass.
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID Art Book contains 75+ Reproductions of Religious, Portrait, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date.
Jacques-Louis David
BORN: August 30, 1748 in Paris, France.
DIED: December 29, 1825 in Brussels, Netherlands.
MOVEMENT: Neoclassicism
INTERESTING FACTS:
David is considered the leading French painter in the Neoclassical style.
David was an active supporter of the French Revolution and was imprisoned after the fall from power of Maximilien Robespierre.
He trained under Rococo painter Francois Boucher, who was also a distant relative.
David was a member of the Royal Academy. He submitted two paintings and both were included in the Salon of 1781, a high honor for an artist.
David was the official court painter of Napoleon Bonaparte’s regime.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates, The Death of Marat, Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass.
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID Art Book contains 75+ Reproductions of Religious, Portrait, Mythical and Genre Scenes with title and date.
guardian.co.ukA tale of romance by the king of chick lit – Napoleon BonaparteMills & Bonaparte detail from Napoleon in his Study by Jacques-Louis David. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Napoleon is already credited with writing some of the most romantic – or revolting, depending on your sensibilities – words in his urgent