Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748 - Brussels 1825), French painter. He was one of the most prominent painters of the Neo-classical movement. The earliest Neoclassical painters were Joseph-Marie Vien, Anton Raphael Mengs, Pompeo Batoni, Angelica Kauffmann, and Gavin Hamilton, David's contemporaries included Jean-Germain Drouais.
David painted in Rome is famous Oath of the Horatii.
He was dictator of the arts after the execution of Louis XVI.During Napoleon I's regimen he developed an Empire style. At this time David painted Napoleon Crossing the Alps and became the official court painter of the regime. He was then commissioned for painting The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame.
His last masterpiece was Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces.
"Petit" Gallery
