Gallery of the Masters 
Antoine Jean Gros
1771-1835 France/Neoclassicism
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Brief Biography-Antoine Jean Gros was from Paris; his father, a miniaturist, taught him at an early age. When he was fourteen, he became a student of Jacques Louis David. At twenty-two, Gros travelled to Italy, where Napoleon engaged him as his war painter. He took over the role of David as Napoleon’s Premier Painter. His paintings of the Napoleonic wars are the most striking of the time. He returned to Paris in 1799, and when Napoleon was later defeated, he used David’s studio after he went into exile in Brussels. He had great respect for David; he was a father figure to him, and he felt lost without his guidance. David wrote to him to encourage him to paint ancient historical subjects, but he was in despair with fear of failure and committed suicide by drowning himself in the Seine. |
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assassination of
general kleber
clovis and clotilde
count jean
antoine chaptal
embarkation of
the duchess
julian ursyn
niemcewicz
napoleon accepts the
surrender of madrid
portrait of
joachim murat
portrait of prince
boris yusupov
redition of madrid
the battle of abukir
the battle
of nazareth
the horse of
mustapha pasha
three children in
a house concert
claude victor perrin
duc de belluno
dark brown
first consul
bonaparte
honore charles
baston de lariboisiere
interview of napoleon
one and francois two
napoleon at
the pyramids
napoleon on the
battlefield of eylau
napoleon visiting
the plague stricken
portrait of
madame fravega
the horse of
napoleon
bonaparte distributing
swords of honor
bonaparte on the
bridge at arcole
madame pasteur
portrait of
christine boyer
portrait of
madame recamier
portrait of the second
lieutenant legrand
sappho at leucate
the general count
fournier sarloveze
general antoine
charles louis lasalle
general baston
de lariboisiere
portrait of
etienne mehul
portrait of paulin
des hours
portrait of the
empress josephine
