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He attempted to enroll at Académie Royale, but failed. In 1774, he attempted suicide before Prix de Rome accepted him.
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He married Marguerite Pécoul.
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He finished “Oath of Horatii.”
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He displayed “Death of Socrates.”
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He displayed “The Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons,” and the French Revolution began.
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He created "Joseph Bara,” he sketched "Oath of the Tennis Court,” "Death of Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau,” all of them showing heroics that faced the economy.
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He became a member of the extremist Jacobin group led by Maximilien de Robespierre and he began to support the French Revolution through his art.
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He voted for the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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He painted “The Death of Marat,” the most known painting that supported the French Revolution.
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Robespierre was sent to the guillotine, and David was arrested.
He was released from prison. He also became the official painter of Napoleon I. -
He sketched Napoleon for the first time.
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He painted "Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard" (also known as "Napoleon Crossing the Alps").
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He was named court painter by Napoleon.
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Napoleon fell, and David was exiled to Brussels, Belgium.
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He was hit by a carriage and he would never recover from his injuries.
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