Jacques-Louis David
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+ | [[Image:The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David (1793).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Death of Marat]]'' ([[1793]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]] | ||
[[Image:The Death of Bara by Jacques-Louis David.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Death of Bara'' ([[1794]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]] | [[Image:The Death of Bara by Jacques-Louis David.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Death of Bara'' ([[1794]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]] | ||
[[Image:Rape of the Sabine Women by David.jpg|thumb|200px|'''''The Intervention of the Sabine Women''''' ([[1796]]-[[1799|99]], detail) by [[Jacques-Louis David ]]]] | [[Image:Rape of the Sabine Women by David.jpg|thumb|200px|'''''The Intervention of the Sabine Women''''' ([[1796]]-[[1799|99]], detail) by [[Jacques-Louis David ]]]] |
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Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 – December 29 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity, chiming with the moral climate of the final years of the ancien régime.
David later became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend of Maximilien Robespierre, and was effectively a dictator of the arts under the French Republic. Imprisoned after Robespierre's fall from power, he aligned himself with yet another political regime upon his release, that of Napoleon I. It was at this time that he developed his 'Empire style', notable for its use of warm Venetian colours. David had a huge number of pupils, making him the strongest influence in French art of the 19th century, especially academic Salon painting.