Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825)
Academic nude, Louis David's atelier
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the death of marat - jacques-louis david
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When I'm having a crappy day at work, I sometimes visit "L'Ami du Peuple" during my lunch break. It tends to put all the petty day-to-day stuff into perspective…
During the quieter moments, like today, when room 55 is nearly empty, I can't help but notice a pattern. Every single visitor, upon entering, pauses before the painting.
They do a double-take at the painting's name and give him another look. Some snap a photo they'll probably never look at again.
Then they move on.
Most of them likely have no clue who he is. They don't know he's holding a note from his assassin. If they even notice "L'An Deux" written at the bottom, they're probably confused by it.
But still, for those 30 seconds, David's brushstrokes exquisitely forming the face of this stricken man make them pause. What makes them linger? Is it the vaguely familiar name? The face they've seen on numerous posters and leaflets? The unsettling quiet brutality of the piece?
It doesn’t really matter why. Because, for that half-minute, through their eyes, he exists. He is present. He is contemporary.
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As long as you don't siege Cania in the winter, you should be good, King. 😎👌
I was inspired by one of my favorite historical narcissists. I just had to paint Raphael as Bonaparte. I may do another one mimicking the coronation. This piece was based on Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David. Just as David was an admirer of Bonaparte from their first meeting, I was an admirer of Raphael 🤪.
Raphael is riding a Nightmare, which I always thought was a well named D&D monster.
Quick and dirty progress gif:
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'Saw a Directoire hat for real and I know we joke about them looking like flower pots but in truth they also look like mushrooms
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Portrait of a Young Woman in White by Jacques-Louis David (1798)
Not sure who model is but I love her style.
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Title: The Death of Marat
Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Date: 1793
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: Genre Painting
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Jacques-Louis David: Marat asasinado na bañeira por Carlota Corday
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Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)
Male Nude Known As Patroclus, 1780
Le Musée Thomas Henry, Cherbourg-Octeville
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One of my more unusual commissions, BATMAN as NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS from the 1801 oil painting by Jacques-Louis David. Pencil. With Death in the background there.
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“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
Painting: "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" by Jacques-Louis David
Just watched the new Napoleon film. It was so beautiful how much Napoleon loved Josephine.
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