Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was both a politician and an artist who lived during the French Revolution. As a politician, he is most famous for being one of the handful of leaders that governed France during the most violent part of the French Revolution. David believed that France should not have a monarchy and instead it should be a Republic. He voted to have the King of France Louis XVI killed with the guillotine. When the French Revolution began to fail, David was happy that Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of France.
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| Self portrait of Jacques-Louis David, 1794, Musée du Louvre | |
| Birth name | Jacques-Louis David |
| Born | 30 August 1748 Paris, France |
| Died | 29 December 1825 (aged 77) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality |  France
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| Field | Painting, Drawing |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
| Works | Oath of the Horatii (1784), The Death of Marat (1793) |
| Awards | Prix de Rome |
As a painter, Jacques-Louis David wanted artwork to be political. He often painted heroes from myths or history that he believed represented good ideals such as strength, brotherhood, and virtue. His paintings are very realistic and often portray heroes from Ancient Greece and Rome. This is called the Neoclassical style of painting. One of David's most famous paintings is of his best friend Jean-Paul Marat who was killed during the French Revolution. David's painting helped make Marat into a popular martyred hero.
Gallery of his art
Oath of the Horatii [1784]
The Death of Socrates [1787]
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons [1789]
The Tennis Court Oath 1790-1794
Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine [1793]
The Last Moments of Michel Lepeletier, The Death of Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau or Lepeletier on his Deathbed {1793}
The Death of Marat (1793)
The Death of Young Bara(1794)
Lycurgus of Sparta, [1790's]
Sketch of Robespierre on the day of his execution [1794]
Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (1801)
The Coronation of Napoleon [1807]
