Jacques-Louis David, France Neoclassicism painter, b.1748 - d.1835. Jacques-Louis David is famous for his huge, dramatic canvasses of Napoleon and other historical figures, including Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793) and The Sabine Women (1799). Early in his career he was a leader in the neoclassical movement; later his subjects became more modern and political. David was himself active in the French Revolution as a supporter of Robespierre and is sometimes called the chief propagandist for the Revolution; after the Reign of Terror ended he was briefly imprisoned for his actions. When Napoleon took power David became his court painter and created several grand canvasses of the Emperor, including the heroic Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1801) and the enormous Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine (1807).   Related Paintings of Jacques-Louis David :. | Count Potocki (mk02) | Portrait of Pope Pius VII | Sappho and Phaon | Portrait of Alphonse Leroy | Self-Portrait |
Related Artists:
Georg Caspar Prenner
painted The children of Count Vorontsov in 1755
Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff
painted An Afternoon Nap in 1866
Guglielmo Girardi
The period of 1465-1535