Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-07, oil on canvas, 621 x 979 cm (Louvre) In Napoleon Crossing the Alps , however, the spark is still undeniably there. Jacques-Louis David. "A New Acquisition for the National Gallery: David's Portrait of Jacobus Blauw." Summary of Jacques-Louis David. The art of Jacques-Louis David is a prime example of Neoclassicism, a style of history painting that flourished in France during the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries. All prints, paintings and photos included in JacquesLouisDavid.net are provided as an affiliate to Art.com who hold necessary permissions. The quintessential Neoclassical painter, David's monumental canvases were perhaps the final triumph of traditional history painting. 1. Very much in accord with the direction his art was taking at the time, “a return to the pure Greek” as he put it. Jacques-Louis David, est un peintre et conventionnel français né le 30 août 1748 à Paris et mort le 29 décembre 1825 à Bruxelles. Le Serment du Jeu de Paume de Jacques-Louis David: Le peintre, son milieu et son temps de 1789 à 1792. New York, 1985, pp. Jacques-Louis David French, 1748 - 1825 David, Jacques Louis Biography; Works of Art; Artist Bibliography; Related Content Filter results by: Works on View. David began planning the work while he was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795. Reacting against the highly ornamented and florid art of the Rococo, David drew upon subjects from ancient European history and Classical civilizations, such as in the Death of Socrates (1787) and Oath of the Horatii (1784). The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a 1799 painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David, showing a legendary episode following the abduction of the Sabine women by the founding generation of Rome. Jacques-Louis David is universally recognized as one of France’s most important artists, and a key figure in the history of European art. Adopting the fashionable Greco-Roman style, David blended these antique subjects with Enlightenment philosophy to … Jacques Louis David was commissioned by Napoleon I to paint this huge canvas which depicts the splendor of the emperor’s Coronation while conveying its political and symbolic message. Luc de Nanteuil. Alexander, Apelles and Campaspe, David, 1812, via Sotheby’s. The Work Of Jacques-Louis David Is Highly Sought After By Collectors. The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a 1799 painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David, showing a legendary episode following the abduction of the Sabine women by the founding generation of Rome.. David began planning the work while he was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795. Jacques-Louis David ... David was a turncoat and a sycophant, but a great painter. The Estate of Jacques Louis David and their presence hold all necessary copyrights and licences for all of his paintings and other works. Paris, 1983, p. 23. Burlington Magazine 126 (November 1984), p. 698. Michael Wilson. "He was born into a world in which painting was for the privileged few," Wilson writes.