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Respected & lionised by both the critics & the public Moore still focused on new ideas and work. Two Reclining Figures is from 1973 & the amazing Bird Form is from the same year.
His images of Napoleon (1801-5) were the ultimate propaganda of the diminutive General on his march to being Emperor of France & conqueror of Europe. Placing Boney on a horse shows his knowledge of Van Dyck & Titian’s royal portraits of short rulers
Women were captured by the artist in stark exquisite simplicity, best exemplified by his Madame Récamier (1800). Equally ravishing are Madame Verninac (c1798) & Young Woman (c1798). Idealised Classical beauty
One of David’s first great works is an oil sketch called the Funeral of Patroclus (1778-9). It was sent from Rome to Paris to show his study there. It is a magnificent work showing his earliest Neoclassical work and in .
.@NGIreland It’s also a testimony to gay love