Among the leaders of the French Revolution, he was almost guillotined alongside Robespierre, but got on well with Napoleon, and was even offered the post of court painter to King Louis XVIII.
French Revolution
A superb painter in pastels, she painted Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, more than thirty times. She survived the revolution and terror to paint Napoleon’s youngest sister as a queen.
The 1890s saw an unexpected number of paintings of this civil war. Were they Republican or Royalist statements?
From the death of 14 year-old Joseph Bara to the massacre of local Catholics, civil war in the land to the south and north of the Loire was thoroughly brutal.
What does a painter do when the person who commissioned their portrait won’t pay, and demands the painting be withdrawn from show?
The most politically adept artist, David was a leader of the French Revolution, then a friend of Napoleon.
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