This summer I'm lucky enough to be the undergraduate intern in the Museum's paintings department. I've been enjoying myself by completing several different projects, from writing labels to researching provenance, all while learning what it's like to be a museum curator. Come September I will be a sophomore at Columbia University, where I'm a prospective art history major, though I'm also fulfilling pre-medical requirements. Since I was born and raised in Los Angeles, I'm particularly happy to be here for the summer.
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Today is the 262nd birthday of Jacques-Louis David, the French painter best known for his austere Neoclassical paintings such as Oath of the Horatii. David was as political an artist as ever lived. He was a leader of the French Revolution, a prominent member of the radical Jacobin party, and a close friend of leader [...]
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