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 :. | Louis David Portrait Of A Young Woman In A Turban | The Death of Marat | Portrait of Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife | The Army takes an Oath to the Emperor after the Distribution of Eagles, 5 December 1804 | The Funerals of Patrocle |
Related Artists:
Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau
1837-1922
Osman Hamdy Bey
Turkey, born 1842 - died 1910
charles edward halle
French painter, born in 1846 and died in 1919