Very few painters in history spent more time in the presence of Napoleon Bonaparte, the military leader who became Emperor of the French in the early 19th century than this French artist. Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was a fervent supporter of the French Revolution and his talent brought him to the highest levels of French society. …
Jacques-Louis David
The life of this French artist revolved just as much around politics as it did around his art. That’s because he lived during one of the most turbulent times in French history. Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was a fervent supporter of the French Revolution and was friends with people at the highest level, including Maximilien Robespierre …
When the wife of a famous French artist visited him in jail, he conceived the idea of a work that became one of his most famous paintings. Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was deeply involved in the French Revolution during the 1790s and he barely escaped the guillotine at the end of the so-called Reign of Terror. …
Very few artists in history were as politically involved as Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). He was a supporter of the French Revolution in the late 18th century. He got connections to some of the most important people of the Revolution. This culminated in his adoration of Napoleon Bonaparte and his exile to Brussels after his idol’s …
Shortly after Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1774, a prestigious award that allowed him to study in Rome, the French artist departed for Italy. He studied classical art in the city and it shaped his artistic career. He became the leading Neoclassical artist of his time and produced some of …
The leading Neoclassical artist of his time was partially responsible for the transition of frivolous Rococo art to austere Neoclassical art. This radical shift in taste happened at the same time that big political changes happened in France, including the start of the French Revolution and the toppling of the monarchy. Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) first …
It’s not surprising that the most famous Neoclassical painting was produced by the preeminent Neoclassical artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) permanently made a name for himself during a time that a revolution was brewing in France, and his most famous painting might have been a prelude to what was …
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) is considered to be the leading Neoclassical painter of his time. He permanently moved away from the frivolous ideals of the Rococo artists as the end of the Ancien Régime was approaching. This is remarkable because his initial mentor was François Boucher (1703-1770), the court painter of Louis XV and a leading …
As the end of the Ancien Régime in France, the political and social system in the country for multiple centuries was approaching in the late 18th century, it marked a shift in the world of art as well. One person embodied the transition from the exuberant and frivolous art of the Rococo artists to the …