Joseph-Benoit Suvée
1743-1807 Belgium/Neoclassicism
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Brief Biography-Joseph-Benoit Suvée from Bruges was taught by Joseph Marie Vien alongside Jacques-Louis David. He won the Prix de Rome in opposition to David in 1771; they were competitors in the field of Neoclassicism throughout their lives. After a spell in Rome, where he taught Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, he returned to Paris and became a painter to the King. That engagement was to end when David was the dictator of the arts. In 1801, Napoleon appointed him to Rome, where he became the Academy Director; he spent his last years in Rome. |
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