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Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

  • Exhibitions : Strokes of Genius 09/05/2013

    There is a fine line between bravery and ignorance. A contemporary artist who dares to stand alongside the old masters in any case comes across as being almost foolhardy. The Palais des Beaux-Arts wished to pay tribute to Jean-Baptiste Wicar, (...)

    Lire la suite par Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges

  • News Items : A David Drawing Purchased by the Met for $840 11/03/2013

    Paul Jeromack announced it in an article published in The Art Newspaper : the Metropolitan Museum last 29 January purchased a drawing by Jacques-Louis David at an auction held at Swann Galleries in New York for the very reasonable amount of $700 (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : An Update on the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes : an exhibition, a website... and the acquisition of a drawing by David 13/02/2012

    The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, currently closed due to work on an addition and general refurbishment, has not however stopped all activity, rather the contrary. The adjacent chapel of the Oratoriens (which will be accessible directly through (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • Exhibitions : L’Antiquité rêvée. Innovations et résistances au XVIIIe siècle 18/01/2011

    The theme of the influence of Antiquity on the art of the second half of the 18th century, what is commonly called Neoclassicism, is treated often. This does not however detract from the fact that the exhibition at the Louvre is a resounding (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • Exhibitions : Masters of European Drawing from the 16th to the 20th century. Georges Pebereau Collection 14/01/2010

    Should private collections be exhibited at the Louvre ? The answer is certainly yes when they are of museum quality. This was the case for the Louis-Antoine Prat’s and also the Motais de Narbonne’s which will be shown in the spring. Can one say (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : Three David works exhibited at the Galerie Turquin 18/09/2008

    The exhibition which opened yesterday at the Turquin Gallery consists of only three paintings. But it is sure to be at the center of an intense discussion in museum and art history circles.

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : Dallas purchases David’s Niobé 27/05/2008

    Jacques-Louis David’s early career was toilsome (to be honest, so was the end). A distant relative of François Boucher, a student of Vien and occasional collaborator with Fragonard, we now know that it was only after a long shedding-off of the (...)

    Lire la suite par Michel de Piles

  • News Items : Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum 10/03/2008

    Many of the acquisitions made by the Metropolitan Museum in recent months have not been mentioned here and it is now high time that we take a look at the latest additions

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner