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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. …

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The life story of this renowned English artist reads as a tragedy but his incredible talent was undeniable. John William Godward (1861-1922) had a family who didn’t accept his choice to become a full-time artist and even completely abandoned him in the early 20th century. On top of that, he was a Neoclassical artist who …

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The quality of artworks produced by this French painter is incredible and this was greatly appreciated at the height of his career in the late 19th century. William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) produced Neoclassical paintings that often featured mythological subjects, but he integrated a sense of realism that was unseen before. He was the most famous Neoclassical …

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This popular French artist was one of the leading academic painters of the 19th century and his paintings were prominently displayed at the Paris Salon every single year. William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) lived, however, at a period when the art world was seeing a radical shift away from the amazingly realistic style that he embraced. Because …

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Incorporating elements of famous artists from the past into one’s own works was something that this Neoclassical artist mastered. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French artist who was born around the time that the Necoalssical era started and he refused to embrace the emerging Romantic era. He was profoundly influenced by the paintings of other …

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Very few Swiss artists in history have been so successful as Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807). This incredibly talented Neoclassical artist not only had great success in Rome but also became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768. She was very much liked wherever she went due to her natural charm, …

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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 …

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When the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the two ancient Roman towns that were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, were rediscovered, it inspired artists in other parts of Europe. Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) wrote his book “History of Ancient Art” in 1764, the Neoclassical art movement emerged with Neoclassical artists deriving inspiration from …

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