| Style | Neo-Classicism |
| Lived | August 30, 1748 - December 29, 1824 ( 18th - 19th century ) |
| Nationality | France |
| Biography |
Jacques-Louis David Biography |
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Jacques-Louis David prints and posters |
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| Paintings |
Some of Jacques-Louis David's most famous paintings include 'The Oath of Horatii', 'Christ on the Cross', 'Bonaparte Crossing the St. Bernard Pass', 'The Intervention of the Sabine Women' and 'Portrait of Madame de Verninac'. But definitely the historically most significant painting was 'Death of Marat'. This is Jean-Paul Marat, a paranoid fanatic of the French Revolution who summoned the guillotine to tens of thousands of people. But for David, Marat isn't a monster, he's a saint. This is martyrdom, David's manifesto of revolutionary virtue.
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| Quote | "In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself. To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this – and only this – is to be an artist."
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| Interesting |
In a knife fight David received a large cut in his cheek. The consequences of this wound were that Jacques-Louis David had big problems to express himself verbally.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a big fan of David and he commissioned him to make a series of paintings of Napoleon himself and Napoleon's family.
At age 65 David got exiled from France as he was an important figure of the violent French Revolution of 1789. David then spent the last years of his life in Brussels (Belgium).
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| Links |
David at the Getty Museum - Biography and paintings of the artist.
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