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 he became painter to the King. That engagement was to end when David was dictator of the arts. In 1801 Napoleon appointed him to Rome where he became the Academy Director; he spent the last years of his life in Rome.