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Pierre-Jean David (d’Angers) (1788–1856) |
| 1788 |
Born March 12 in Angers. |
| 1808 |
Enrolls in the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a student of Philippe-Laurent Roland (1746–1816). |
| 1810 |
Awarded second place in the Prix de Rome competition. Takes classes with Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825). |
| 1811 |
Awarded first prize in the École’s tête d’expression competition with La Douleur. Receives scholarship of 500 francs from the city of Angers. Takes the Prix de Rome for his bas-relief The Death of Epaminondas. |
| 1826 |
Elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and named professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. |
| 1828 |
Begins writing his Carnets and visits London. |
| 1829 |
Visits Germany (and again in 1834). |
| 1830 |
Marries Émilie Maillocheau. Secures the commission for the pediment of the Pantheon. |
| 1839 |
Inauguration of Galerie David d’Angers in Angers. |
| 1848 |
Rejects the position of director of the Musées nationaux. Elected mayor of the 11th arrondissement in Paris and becomes a member of the Constituent Assembly in Maine-et-Loire (Angers) but is not reelected the following year. |
| 1851 |
Arrested and exiled following his opposition to Louis-Napoleon’s coup d’état. Travels throughout Greece, the Ottoman Empire, and Italy. |
| 1853 |
Returns to France. |
| 1856 |
Dies January 5 in Paris and is interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery. |