100 Great Artists

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JACQ!JES-LOUIS DAVID

B()rn in Pari" J.m

of a ,"",barl!

SlUdi" paiming a!

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finally rm.rm to

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c(J,"mirrion The

O"h of the

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Politically imYJ/:-ro

in r,mtb

R<vo/urion. until

arr'" and rI,,"<roIl

"cap< jf-"m J.atb.

Di!'omd by ';';/'

1791

Rnnarri" ,;:ift

At"". Nilf'"lion

for por'rai, ,i,ring

Cli,"hTranh<!

L'gima/Ho1WUr

BaniJb.d",

"Wdtk on fallof

Napdron, jim to

Brumlr

OJ,, in Bru",1T

N..poleon Bon..pone Crossing the All" (/ S()I)

Tbir/it·</y propagartM ""rtrait ';:"HOpiro "" In.Yr man four ti"," by

IJa,.id IrlId hi, ,"u/il. n" '"~"'f,' tugg<sud II tbat ifNapo/i()n am attack

,b, AJ~';:i,b nub ,';giJtlr. ,b",b<rio flOP a! _bing

W

hen J'''''lucs- Louis D,,·id Came

hack to F .... n"" f",,,, 1t~lr in 178(1,

he returned with stlong ide. Is

ba",d m ,he ,ul'''''''! "inues of a"cient R,."e.

lie w"ls "","ni",,1 n) Nco .. cla«ici,,,,, ",hich

dc",and",:1 thn a"i,ts should tale ,hci, subjeCts

and 'l)'le f'"m antit]"" m,)(lels, as Pou";n had

150 }"a,s p""iou,ly. Tne F"'nch , es pondcd by

drt:1ing U"'id II) bo, h the Acadc",y and ,he

Salon. His highly finished linc, colou, and

"'"nl""i,io., ",c", W"atly a,bni,,,,!. Mo.-c ,han

that, his St}ic wa. I",,,,,,i,,,d as ,"",~u'io.,al)',

matching the country'S »nod fo, an end n)

a,i''''''rltic OOITUI" io., and. ""urn to the ,tr,n,

p"riObC morals of ''l)ubliC".ln R,.nc.

Upo., ;)ining the ",,,~ution:try Commtion,

nn'id ll)",d for L., .. XVI'<cx<"CUbo.,.Hut ()f) the

,bth of Rolle'I';.",.e and the end of ,ho:: Reign of

"Ie,,,,,, he """ gaol,,! and might ha," b<"n

cx"""",d 1<"', had his "'}"'~" ",ifi: "''' int<:n'm,,1

with the nL'W 'Emp"'o,', Nap'~&'" ll<,.,al",tt:.

nnid b<"a""e a ,b',"ed I(,lIo",c, of

N'I.)~''''' He ~"md h~n<df at the height ofh ..

inll"","", :trod goi",,! a knighth()()d in tho:: ro::w

Legion of]]o,.,ur.

Exaed to H,us,ds • ft ..... Nap'~"""'s f,1I fro""

pow ..... in 1816 , DOlid _ an ,.,lStt ,"ling ,eacher

_ continued to train }'lUng painters, including

lngres. lie ,,",S the "inual. n ,li=to, ofF,anc<:

~'" gmcrl,io.,: his influenc<: sp.-cad to Iit,hio."

furniture design and interiorS, and found ""I.:)es

in ,he ,b"I'1"n<"J)t of ,w,alphik)S<)lthy.