Neoclassical Artists
Liberty Leading the People
(E. Delacroix) This painting commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France.
Jacques-Louis David
An influential French painter in the Neoclassical Style, and considered to the pre-eminent painter of the era.
The Death of Marat
David's masterpiece shows the portrayal of a revolutionary martyr. This is a painting of the murdered French revolutionary leader: Jean-Paul Marat.
Charging Chasseur
Gericault's first major work revealed the influence of the style of the Rubens and an interest in the depiction of contemporary subject matter.
Francisco Goya
He was a commissioned Romantic painter by the King of Spain.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres
He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He was influenced by Italian Renaissance painters like Raphael, Nicolas Pousin, Botticelli, and his mentor, Jacques-Louis David.
Eugene Delacroix
He was considered the greatest French romantic painter of all.
Jean Louis Theodore Gericault
He was the first French master and the leader of the French realistic school.
The Third of May
It is Goya's masterpiece that sought the commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War.
Oath of the Horatti
It was a large painting that depicts a scene from a Roman legend about the dispute between Rome and Alba Longa.
Insane Woman
One of several portraits Gericault made of the mentally disabled that has a peculiar hypnotic power.
Portrait of Napoleon on the Imperial Stone
The painting depicts Napoleon in his decadent coronation costume, seated upon his golden encrusted throne, hand resting upon smooth ivory balls.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
The painting that show a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800.
The Raft of the Medusa
This painting portrays the victim of a contemporary shipwreck.