CHAPTER IX

THE FORERUNNERS OF ROMANTICISM IN FRANCE

Last years of the David school wearisome and without character, except in portrait painting.--François Gérard, the "King of Painters and Painter of Kings"; his portraits of the Empire and Restoration periods.--Commencement of the revolt: Pierre Paul Prudhon; his pictures and the story of his life; Constance Mayer.--Revival of colouring.--Antoine Jean Gros and his pictures of contemporary life; discrepancy between his teaching and his practice 189