Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David is a French Neoclassical painter, major figure of revolutionary and imperial art, whose work embodies the ideals of rigor, civic virtue, and ancient heroism. His monumental style, characterized by rigorously structured theatrical compositions, precise drawing, and sober palette, glorifies republican values in iconic paintings such as "Oath of the Horatii" and "The Death of Marat". Official painter to Napoleon Bonaparte, he revolutionizes history painting by putting it at the service of a political project, establishing Neoclassicism as the dominant style of his era.