Early 19th century French Artists draws together biographies of 325 artists who worked in one of the most exciting and dramatic political eras in France, when Paris became the artistic capital of Europe. It features in depth studies of such well known neo-classical artists as Jacques Louis David, Ingres and Jean Baptiste Greuze. Also included are artists of the Romantic movement (e.g. Delacroix and Gericault), as well as painters of the Barbizon school whose plein air landscapes anticipated those of the Impressionists.