Jacques Louis David. Historical
artist of the time of Napoleon. Jacques Louis David painted many of
Napoleons victories and also a number of portraits of Napoleon. His
superb paintings although not always historically correct, would be
used as an early form of propaganda. These military paintings
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Bonaparte Crossing the Great Saint Bernards Pass, By Jacques Louis David.
Painted more as an important propaganda piece, than an historical painting, This painting shows Napoleon on a fine horse, in fact he crossed the Alps on a mule.
Item Code : DHM0275
Bonaparte Crossing the Great Saint Bernards Pass, By Jacques Louis David. - Editions Available
The Romans have abducted the daughters of their neighbors, the Sabines. To avenge this abduction, the Sabines attacked Rome, although not immediately, since Hersilia, the daughter of Tatius, the leader of the Sabines, had been married to Romulus, the Roman leader, and then had two children by him in the interim. Here we see Hersilia between her father and husband as she adjures the warriors on both sides not to take wives away from their husbands or mothers away from their children. The other Sabine Women join in her exhortations.
Item Code : DHM0388
The Sabine Women by Jacques Louis David. - Editions Available
This painting was commissioned by Napoleon in September 1804 and completed in 1807. The original painting is 10 metres by 6 metres, and the official title is : Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 2nd December 1804.
Item Code : DHM0395
Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques Louis David. - Editions Available
This picture depicts the closing moments of the life of Socrates. Condemned to death or exile by the Athenian government for his teaching methods which aroused scepticism and impiety in his students, Socrates heroicly rejected exile and accepted death from hemlock. Here the philosopher continues to speak even while reaching for the cup, demonstrating his indifference to death and his unyielding commitment to his ideals. Jacques Louis David painted this historical picture in 1787. Commissioned by the Trudaine de Montigny brothers, leaders in the call for a free market system and more public discussion.
Item Code : GE3994
Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David (GL) - Editions Available
The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques Louis David (GL)
This painting was commissioned by the Administrator of Royal Residences in 1784 and exhibited at the 1785 Salon under the title The Oath of the Horatii, between their Father's Hands. The story was taken from Titus-Livy. We are in the period of the wars between Rome and Alba, in 669 B.C. It has been decided that the dispute between the two cities must be settled by an unusual form of combat to be fought by two groups of three champions each. The two groups are the three Horatii brothers and the three Curiatii brothers. The drama lay in the fact that one of the sisters of the Curiatii, Sabina, is married to one of the Horatii, while one of the sisters of the Horatii, Camilla, is betrothed to one of the Curiatii. Despite the ties between the two families, the Horatii's father exhorts his sons to fight the Curiatii and they obey.
Item Code : GIT6500
The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques Louis David (GL) - Editions Available
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons by Jacques Louis David (GL)
The full title of this lagre magnificent painting is Brutus Returning Home after Having Sentenced His Sons for Plotting a Tarquinian Restoration and Conspiring against Roman Freedom, the Lictors Bring their Bodies to be Buried. Having led the fight which overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic, Brutus tragically saw his own sons participate in a plot to restore the monarchy. As a judge, he was called upon to render the verdict, and unhesitatingly condemned his own sons to death.
Item Code : GE5081
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons by Jacques Louis David (GL) - Editions Available
Bonaparte Crossing the Great Saint Bernards Pass, By Jacques Louis David Painted more as an important propaganda piece, than an historical painting,
This painting shows Napoleon on a fine horse,
in fact he crossed the Alps on a mule.
Death of Socrates by
Jacques Louis David Socrates is about to drink the poison which was the
capital punishment of the Athenians. It is said his followers had arranged
for his escape but he refused because of his principals and respect for
the laws of Athens.
Art and aviation have been like a brother and sister to me. We have grown up together, learned together and made our adult lives together. But you do not have to have an appreciation of aircraft to admire the graceful lines of a Spitfire or the functional simplicity of a Focke-Wulf 190. They are themselves a work of art and they cry out to be painted - not as machines of war and destruction, but as objects of beauty, born of necessity and function, yet given a life and iconic classicism beyond their original calling. My interest and love of art and aircraft was gifted to me by my father, a designer and aeronautical engineer of considerable repute. Denis Berryman C.Eng. FRAeS. He gave me his eyes, his passion, his dedication and his unwavering professionalism. I owe him everything. And I miss him terribly. A love of art and of beautiful and interesting things takes you on a journey. You discover new interests, new fascinations, and you want to paint them. You want to paint them in their environment, in their element. Whether it is an aeroplane, a warship, a racing car or a beautiful woman, their gift to an artist is the same: Their lines, their texture and the way that light and shadows give them form. These are the food and oxygen of an artist. Not the paint and the canvas. These are mere tools. The secret is in the passion and the perception...
New Dambusters Paintings, Prints and Drawings!
A brand new series of releases featuring the aircraft and airmen of the Dambusters Raid.
This superb new collection of aviation art shows may of the famous events of the raids, but also shows some of the lesser known aircraft and details - the bomber that was so low that the tallboy bomb was ripped from the aircraft by a high wave (above), or the below treetop route to the target taken by one of the bombers, or the trains that were shot up by the gunners of the Lancasters on their way to the dams.
