François Gérard

Gérard, David's pupil, gives Empire sitters a polished chill — smooth pale skin, cool satin and cashmere, upright classical poses and a faint, guarded smile.

François Gérard (1770–1837) was a painter from France, associated with Neoclassicism.

More Neoclassicism painters: Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Joshua Reynolds, Angelica Kauffmann.

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