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Louis David

short biography

Jacques-Louis David (b. 1748, Paris, d. 1825, Brussels) was the most important painter of French revolutionary times and founder of French classicism. He got painting orders from kings and the French Revolution and was a member of the National Convention.

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Alte Pinakothek, München Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Belvedere, Wien Chateau de Versailles Cleveland Museum of Art Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Louvre Paris Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Musee Fabre, Montpellier ° Musée Carnavalet, Paris Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besancon Musée d´Ixelles National Gallery of Art, Washington ° National Museum, Warsaw Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow ° Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels Sammlung Oskar Reinhart Am Römerholz, Winterthur
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  • 25. May 25. May
    Masterpieces from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Reims Nagoya City Art Museum °
  • 22. Mar 06. Sep
    Revolution der Bilder. Von Poussin bis Monet Arp Museum - Bahnhof Rolandseck
  • 08. Nov 02. Feb 2014
    Art Turning Left. How Values Changed Making 1789-2013 Tate Liverpool
  • 20. Feb 26. May
    Schönheit und Revolution. Klassizismus 1770-1820 Städel Museum, Frankfurt
  • 24. Sep 22. Jan 2012
    Weltklasse. Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819-1918 Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • 15. Mar 19. Jun
    Zettels Traum Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal
  • 06. Feb 23. May
    Von der Bühne zum Gemälde. Die Magie des Theaters in der Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mart Trento e Rovereto .
  • 14. Oct 11. Jan 2009
    Le Serment du Jeu de Paume Chateau de Versailles
  • 08. Oct 02. Feb 2009
    Picasso et les maîtres Grand Palais, Paris
  • 09. Jan 25. Mar
    Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 17. Nov 19. Feb 2007
    Henriette de Verninac - From David to Delacroix Louvre Paris
  • 25. Oct 18. Feb 2007
    Aufgeklärt Bürgerlich Belvedere, Wien
  • 17. Feb 14. May
    Poussin, Lorrain, Watteau, Fragonard BUNDESKUNSTHALLE Bonn
  • 08. Nov 29. Jan 2006
    Clouet to Seurat. French Drawings from The British Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 07. Oct 08. Jan 2006
    Poussin, Lorrain, Watteau, Fragonard Haus der Kunst, München
  • 24. Sep 08. Jan 2006
    Handeln und Sammeln. Sammlung Fritz & Peter Nathan Kunsthalle Tübingen
  • 20. Apr 01. Aug
    Poussin, Lorrain, Watteau, Fragonard Grand Palais, Paris
  • 08. Apr 28. Aug
    Von Goya bis Picasso Albertina, Wien
  • 10. Mar 05. Jun
    The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
  • 01. Feb 24. Apr
    Jacques-Louis David - Empire to Exil The Getty, Los Angeles
  • 18. Jan 01. May
    A revolutionary Age: Drawing in Europe, 1770-1820 The Getty, Los Angeles
  • 06. Mar 13. Jun
    Von Delacroix bis Courbet KMSKA Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerpen
  • 07. Nov 15. Feb 2004
    French Paintings / Musée Fabre National Gallery of Australia, Canberra °
  • 23. Oct 25. Jan 2004
    A Private Passion The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 19. Nov 09. Feb 2003
    French Nineteenth-Century Drawings in the Robert Lehman Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 13. Jun 20. Sep
    documenta 9 documenta Kassel
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