Artist: Jacques-louis David (1748 - 1825)
Nationality: French
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Jacques-Louis David studied under Joseph-Marie Viens, his early training influencing him to paint in a rococo style. From 1775 to 1780, David studied in Italy and developed a stronger, more passionate, and patriotic approach. His paintings around this time were also political, as David had joined the National Convention during the French Revolution. Because of this, David was almost executed at the demise of his group, but was saved by his royalist wife. Still engaged with politics, David became involved with Napoleon, but was forced to move to Brussels when he was overthrown.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Leon-Mathieu Couchereau - The Studio of Jacques-Louis David 1814 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Artist: Jacques-Louis David Title: Study for the Costume of a Civil Official Date: 1793 Medium:
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Head of a Boy Attributed to Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)Oil on canvas; 15 3/4 x
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Lictors Carrying Bodies
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Jacques-Louis David - Madame David 1813 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Portrait of André-Antoine Bernard
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Aloys Senefelder Portrait of Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Paris and Helen
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Leonidas at Thermopylae, ca. 1814 Jacques-Louis David (French, Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)made FranceBlack chalk, squared in
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Madame Jacques-Louis-Étienne Reizet (Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy, 1782-1850), 1823 Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767-1824)Oil on canvas; 23 3/4
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General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1774-1852), Marshal of France, 1816 Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)Oil on canvas; 77
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The Death of Socrates, 1787 Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)Oil on canvas; 51 x 77 1/4
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Jacques Louis David - Madame de Pastoret and Her Son 1791-92 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Jacques Louis David - Cupid and Psyche 1817 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jacques-Louis David - The Anger of Achilles 1819 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum French
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Jacques-Louis David - Comtesse Daru 1810 oil on canvas The Frick Collection French
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Suzanne Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau
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Jean Louis Roullet Portrait of Jacques Louis de Beringhen Engraving 17th century
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Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and His Wife (Marie-Anne-Pierrette Paulze, 1758-1836), 1788 Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)Oil on
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Jacques Louis David, French, 1748-1825 Portrait of a Lady of the Court about 1806 Graphite
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Jacques-Louis David The Fortune Teller (La Bonne Aventure) oil on canvas 1824
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Jacques-Louis David Laure-Emilie-Felicite David, La Baronne Meunier oil on canvas 1812
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Jacques Louis David - Young Woman with a Turban c. 1780 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jacques Louis David - Madame Francois Buron 1769 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Jacques-Louis David - Portrait of the Baroness Jeamn and her Daughter 1821 black chalk on buff Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame French
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Louis Jacques Cathelin Voltaire 18th - 19th century
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Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries 1812 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Jacques-Louis David A Scene of Mourning Graphite and black chalk on laid paper 1819
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Louis Jacques Cathelin Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Jacques Chereau David Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc (Françoise Poncelle, 1788-1839), 1823 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867)Oil on canvas; 47 x
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Jacques-Louis David Nemesis...eightieth plate in the book... Le MusÈe royal (Paris: P. Didot, l*ainÈ, 1818), vol. 2 Engraving and etcvhing 18th - 19th century
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Jacques-Noel-Marie FrÈmy Portrait of Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Augustin (1759-1832) graphite 18th - 19th century
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Study for "Portrait of an Indian" Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, 1767-1824)Oil on canvas; 16 x 12
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Francois Louis Couche Louis Bonaparte 18th - 19th century
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Jacques Lubin Portrait of Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conde Engraving 1696
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Augustin de Saint-Aubin Portrait of Jacques Necker, Banker to Louis XVI Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Mme. Megelen Daughters of Brutus black chalk 1832
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Jacques-Louis Copia Il appliqua sur sa main malade des baisers de Feu engraving 18th century
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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin The Reconciliation of Absalom and David Etching 1752
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Artist: Louis-Jacques Cathelin Title: Marie Antoinette Date: 18th century Medium: engraving Dimensions: H.16-1/4 x W.11-3/8
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Louis Jacques MandÈ' Daguerre Figure in Gothic Ruins brown ink and wash on wove paper 1821
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Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte (1778-1851), Daughter of Louis XVI, 1795 Jacques Joseph de Gault (French, born 1738, died
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Jacques-Louis Copia Ma Fille respecte les Cheveux Blanc de ton Malheureux Pere. engraving 18th century
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Jean Jacques Le Veau Perspective view of a square in front of the Louvre dedicated to Louis XVI Etching 18th century
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Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie DevÈria Courtier under Louis XIII (1636) 19th century
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David Roberts The Holy Land, after the lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A with historical notes by George Croly (London: Day & Son, 1855), vols.1 ( Jerusalem and Galilee) and 2 (The Jordan and Bethlehem)
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David Roberts The Holy Land, after the lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A., with historical notes by William Brockedon(London: Day & Son, 1855-1856), vols. 5 (Egypt and Nubia) and 6 (Egypt) (of six) boun
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Jacques-Louis Copia Man in landscape carrying hammer and two sabers, soldiers in background Stipple engraving 18th century
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Jacques Philippe Le Bas St. Antoine Etching 1735
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John Henry Robinson Davoust, after Louis David 18th - 19th century
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David Roberts The Holy Land,after the lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A., with historical notes by George Croly and William Brockedon(London: Day & Son, 1855), vols. 3 (Idumea and Petra) and 4 (Egypt
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Jacques Philippe Le Bas St. Anthony Engraving and etching 1735
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John Henry Robinson Le Marechal Soult, after Louis David 18th - 19th century
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John Henry Robinson Joachim Murat, After Louis David 18th - 19th century
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Jacques Philippe Le Bas Le Berger Reveur Engraving 1741
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Jacques Philippe Le Bas Le lendemain des Nopcea Etching-engraving 1775
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Jacques-Louis Leblanc (1774-1846), 1823 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867)Oil on canvas; 47 5/8 x 37 5/8
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Louis Petit Titlepage - Recueil des Oevres de Musique de J.J. Rousseau, Tome I engraving 18th - 19th century
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Louis Haghe The Tower of David - The Holy Land Lithograph 19th century
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Louis Haghe The Holy Land - Portrait of David Roberts - Frontispiece to Vol. I Lithograph 19th century
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Louis Haghe The Holy Land - Portrait of David Roberts - Frontispiece to Vol. I Lithograph 19th century
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Francois Louis Couche Jerome Bonaparte 18th - 19th century
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Francois Louis Couche Joseph Napoleon 18th - 19th century
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Francois Louis Couche Napoleon etching 18th - 19th century
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Louis Oscar Roty Dans le Deuil de la Patrie bronze 1894
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Blanding Sloan "Can't Yo' Hear Dem Lowdown Blues?", head piece vignette for St. Louis on page [15] in the book Way Down South by Clarence Muse and David Arlen , woodcuts by Blanding Sloan (Hollywood, CA: David Graham Fischer, [1932]) woodcut 193
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Jacques Louis ClÈrisseau (Chevalier) The Arch of Constantine at Rome graphite, ink and watercolor on cream wove paper 18th - 19th century
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Francois Louis Couche Retour De Bonaparte, after L'Auteur 18th - 19th century
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Jacques Villon Jacques oil on canvas 1924
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Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson Title: Academic Study of a Male Head Date: 1817 Medium:
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Nicolas Lancret, French, 1690-1745 Luncheon Party in a Park (Le Déjeuner de jambon) about 1735
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Jacques Callot Prince Louis of Lorraine Etching and engraving 1623
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Paul Filhon Militairy Orders issued by Jacques Bedout to Filhon to board the naval vessel Argonaut 1804
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Francois Louis Couche Madame, Mere De Napoleon Le Grand 18th - 19th century
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Jacques Lubin Portrait of Jacques Callot, Engraver Engraving 1696
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The Holy Family
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Young Woman Drawing, 1801 Marie-Denise Villers (French, 1774-1821)Oil on canvas; 63 1/2 x 50 5/8
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Portrait of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
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Antoine Louis Barye, French, 1795-1875 Stag and Doe Watercolor on paper, mounted down Sheet: 21
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Charles Marville - Rue Saint-Jacques 1865-1869 albumen print from c National Gallery of Art French
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Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), ca. 1810 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867)Oil on canvas; 29 5/8 x
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Anne Louis Girodet Lui mourut de fatigue, elle de sa douleur engraving 18th - 19th century
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Jacques de Lajoue Allegory of Art graphite under pen and ink 17th - 18th century
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David Roberts Tower of David , plate 13 in the book The Holy Land, with historical notes by George Croly (London: Day & Son, 1855), vol. 1 (of 6) Jerusalem and Galilee, [bound with The Holy Land, with historical notes by George Croly (London: D
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Artist: Louis-Léopold Boilly Title: Portrait of an Officer Date: about 1822 Medium: black chalk heightened
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Louis Eugène Boudin, French, 1824-1898 Washerwomen near a Bridge 1882 Oil on panel 32 x
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Jacques de Lajoue Allegory of Science graphite under pen and ink 17th - 18th century
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Artist: Louis LaFitte Title: Young Woman in Classical Costume Date: 1821 Medium: graphite Dimensions: H.10-9/16
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Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766), sketch Louis Tocqué (French, 1696-1772)Oil on canvas; 30 1/2 x 23
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David Roberts The Simoon in the Desert, plate 240 in the book The Holy Land, with historical notes by William Brockedon (London: Day & Son, 1856), vol. 6, Egypt and Nubia, [bound with The Holy Land, with historical notes by William Brockedon (L
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Artist: Ugo da Carpi and after Raphael Title: David and Goliath Date: 1520 - 1525
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Artist: Lord Frederick Leighton Title: Jonathan"s Token to David Date: about 1868 Medium: oil on
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David Roberts Portrait of David Roberts Esq., R.A., plate 1 opposite title page in the book The Holy Land, with historical notes by George Croly (London: Day & Son, 1855), vol. 1 (of 6), Jerusalem and Galilee, [bound with The Holy Land, with histor
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Gustave DorÈ Le hardy Jacques de Beaune, illustration no. 204 on page 263 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855) wood engraving 1855
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Jacques Villon After Jacques Villon Lithograph printed in colors (exhibition poster, 1957) 1957
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David Park - King David at the River Jordan 1934 watercolor, graphite University of California, Berkeley Art Museum American
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Anne Louis Girodet Le Turc...forty seventh plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Bust of Louis XV
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David von Schlegell Landscape watercolor 1964

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Michael Gibson Gallery: David Urban: The Constructor
Born in Toronto in 1966, David Urban studied poetry and painting at York University, earning a BFA in 1989. He received a master's degree in English Literature and creative writing under the direction of Alistair MacLeod in 1991 and a second mast...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Architecture of Silence: David Heald Photographs
In his luminous black-and-white photographs, he explores the architecture of these medieval buildings renowned for their design and construction. ...
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: after HISTORY: The Paintings of David Bierk
His compositions frequently address the nostalgia of our age for the traditional painting styles of previous centuries, while demonstrating how these classic styles have coalesced and been transformed to create the pluralism indicative of ou...
South Australian Museum: Australia's Richest Natural History Art Prize
Judges Russell Starkey and David Dridan had to sort through an overwhelming 440 entries (photos) which were of an extremely high standard and well represented across the three categories of the exhibition:
A. Oil, Acrylic or mix
B. Wat...
Artspace: WORKOUT: David Nauggle and Rachel Iberra
Photography and drawings deliver a nauseating account of this experiment. Never having been interested or dedicated enough to stick with an exercise regimen, Rachel Ibarra decides to test her commitment as well as endurance. By attaching two Chine...
MAK Center for Art and Architecture: TRESPASSING: Houses x Artists
The projects engage the house as subject, investigating its forms, functions and significance while imagining a wide variety of prototypes for living. Presenting renderings, models, video and an interactive installation, the artists and architects...
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Weatherspoon Art Gallery: David Bunn: Falk Visiting Artist
Deft and conceptually rigorous, Bunn's work is also tinged with sadness for the passing of these historical bodies of material, now eclipsed by on-line systems. Bunn is a native of Greensboro. ...
David Krut Fine Art: Yudelman / Amaler-Raviv: Exhibition
Speaking about the exhibition, Dale Yudelman said; "It’s been sixteen years since leaving the city I grew up in and it’s wonderful to be exhibiting here again. This exhibition provides an interesting cross-section of my work to date and gives me t...
JHB Civic Gallery: DAVID PATON: recon(text)ual
Some of these works explore the temporal unfolding of meaning through diverse readings of images as texts, texts as images and variations thereof. The works consist of metal sheets onto which texts have been screen-printed. These words have bee...
www.studio-visit.com: David Henry Brown, Jr.
studio-visit.coms aim is to offer an in-depth look at an individual artist or troupe. Each month they will offer a personal look into the artist s studio along with an interview, slides, and a resume. Since todays cultural borders are consta...
Brooklyn Museum of Art: Within the Pale: Jewish Tombstones in the Ukraine and Moldova Photographed by David Goberman
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Cantor Arts Center Stanford University: Food, Frogs, and Fido: Works on Paper by David Gilhooly
Gilhooly studied at the University of California at Davis in the 1960s, and ceramic work by him will be on view in the exhibition "Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at UC-Davis, from ...
Plug In: Billboard Project Features Tighty-whitey by David Wityk
From the fashion magazine spread to the runway to the stage, this once-purely practical garment has been elevated to sex-symbol and superstar status. Wityk is completing his final year in photography at the University of Manitoba School of Art. Wi...
Franklin H Williams Caribbean Cultural Center: Ancestors & Orishas: Glass & Mixed Media Sculptures Tracing African Roots by David Medina
David’s work includes references to African masked costumes like Nigerian egungun, Dominican diablo cojuelos, science fiction, and pioneering educational shows like Sesame Street with a special fondness for the pop icon Big Bird. “Although the rel...
George Billis Gallery, L.A.: David Duncan: Environmental Studies
David Duncan renders his works in both oil, and brushed and sprayed acrylic. During the painting process, he uses form-specific stencils to apply coarse dots of multiple colors. This technique creates an illusion, inspired partly by traditional ...
Presentation House Gallery: David Rokeby - 2001
In 2001, Rokeby will show the most recent version of Giver of Names in which the computer identifies and describes objects put before it - a kind of Mike Kelly meets R2D2 performance involving the assistance of the viewer. The exhibition will also...
Art Institute of Southern California: David Carson: Graphic Design After the End of Print
Carson is most widely recognized for his innovative style of layout and unconventional typography with work on magazines such as Beach Culture, Ray Gun, and Transworld Skateboarding. A feature in Newsweek magazine said of Carson he changed the pub...
National Gallery of Scotland: The Tiger and the Thistle: Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India

Tipu, a fierce brave ruler, was known as the ‘Tiger of Mysore’. Tiger motifs and tiger stripes decorated his personal possessions, including the jewellery, weapons and textiles in the exhibition. Related paintings and ...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: The Art of Documentary
The enthusiasm for documentary photography - the study of people and societies - continues to be important in Scottish practice. This exhibition focuses on groups of photographs by a number of photographers, working in an...
Art: ASAP: Works by David Dalessandro and James H. Kinnie
Dalessandro has been a New York-based artist since 1973 when he came to study at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.  His exhibition for the ART:ASAP Foundation Gallery stems from his imagination and is inspired by jazz ...
ArtSpace: SOWA: David Noonan & Simon Trevaks
SOWA (polish for owl) continues Noonan and Trevaks's broad interest in the cinematic genre of horror, specifically of the 1970s and early 1980s. The film sees a woman drawn through a highly stylised interior by an unseen influence. She then enters...
Guggenheim: David Salle
Each of his works purposely overshadows the coherent linear narrative by juxtaposing unlike elements, reflecting the complex mass-media production that dominates contemporary human experience. ...
Helsinki City Art Museum: David Bailey: Birth of the Cool
Born in London in 1938, Bailey’s career took off in the 1960s when he began to shoot for the Vogue magazine at the tender age of 22. He went on to become the magazine’s most prolific contributor of the decade. As a fashion photographer, ...
McKinney Avenue Contemporary: David McManaway's Studio by David H. Gibson
Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David H. Gibson is a Dallas businessman turned photographer who learned his craft through self-direction and a series of workshops. These workshops were taught by Ansel ...
Bishop's University Art Gallery: David Hall: Moon Window
David Hall's previous work showed various urban settings which presented vestiges of the negative impact of human presence on the environment, thus implying a passage of time. Throughout his body of work, the artist has continuously been interest...
Pensacola Museum of Art: The Jerry Gilbreath Celebrity Art Collection
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Fine Arts Center for East Africa: EAST AFRICA IN RENAISSANCE
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Kibuuka, Kitamirike, and Sekanwagi were considered three of the most influential and accomplished fine painters whose art defined the internationally recognized art scene in Nairobi, Kenya. Since that time, ...
Side Street Projects: Gymnosphore Bubbles and Steams: An Installation by David Deany and David Hanson
David Deany, painter and sculptor, has a conceptual bent and a predilection for environment making. After receiving an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997, he has been included in exhibitions in Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Hou...
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Hmmm...David Shrigley's Selection from the Permanent Collection
His sculptures, photographs and books are darkly humorous and often absurd, and his drawings were recently a weekly feature in the Independent on Sunday. Given the complete freedom of the Gal...
Photographers' Gallery: Citigroup Photography Prize 2004
Paul Wombell, Director of The Photographers' Gallery says of this year's short-list: "Over the last 30 years Robert Adams, Peter Fraser, David Goldblatt and Joel Sternfeld have created important bodies of work that have been a major influence on g...

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