Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Jacques-Louis David
Born: August 30, 1748
Died: December 29, 1825 (aged 77)
Bio: Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
Known for:
- The Death of Marat (1793)
- Oath of the Horatii (1784)
- The Death of Socrates (1787)
- Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1805)
- The Coronation of Napoleon (1807)