The earliest of the French Romantic artists were the Napoléonic painters, Gros and Girodet. Both students of David, the young artists made the transition from Neo-Classicism to the new century. In their early works, Gros and Girodet represented the poles of Romanticism: contemporary subjects and escapist subjects. Part Two will examine the artists’ later works.
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Tags: Girodet, Jean-Antoine Gros, Napoléon, Napoleonic Art, Romanticism