Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris. He actively supported the French Revolution in 1789 and in 1804 he became royal painter to Napoleon. In 1815, after the restoration of the Bourbons, he went...
Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris. He actively supported the French Revolution in 1789 and in 1804 he became royal painter to Napoleon. In 1815, after the restoration of the Bourbons, he went...
Specialised in portraits, historical scenes and genre subjects (of which an example is held by Ixelles Museum). After some European travels he settled in Brussels in 1848, at the invitation of his...
He liked Michelangelo and Ingres, disliked the Impressionists and studied with Portaels. Associated with Salons de la Rose Croix, a decadent and mystical Catholic exhibition society, led by Sar Pé...
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