He was elected to the National Convention in 1792 and served as a member of the Committee of General Security and the Committee of General Instruction, a key supporter of the radical Jacobin faction that sought to suppress all moderate supporters of the Revolution. Borrowing from historical tales, these works promoted the ideal of commitment to the Republic above all.ĭavid became one of the key artists of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) gained prominence as a history painter in the Royal Academy prior to the events of the Revolution with works such as the Oath of the Horatii (1784) and The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons.
