Jacques-Louis David

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Jacques-Louis David, Political Artist

By Lindsey Ward | Published: August 30, 2010

Suzanne Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, Jacques-Louis David, 1804

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… More»

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