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François André Vincent

1746-1816 France/Neoclassicism

 

Brief Biography-François André Vincent was a neoclassical painter. His father, François Élie Vincent, was a miniaturist who wanted his son to enter banking, but the young François preferred painting. He joined the atelier of Joseph Marie Vien for training and won the Grand Prix in 1768. François travelled to Rome and stayed for eight years. There, he became influenced by the works of Jean Honore Fragonard, who was in Italy for seven months in 1774. He returned to France to become an academy associate in 1777, and in 1782, he became an Academician. In 1792, he was appointed professor and became one of the principal neoclassical painters of his era. He also worked as an etcher and painted chinaware. His wife, Labille Guiard Adélaide was a successful portraitist; she had been a lifelong friend of François from whom she learned. François died in Paris in 1816.

 

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alcibades being
taught by socrates

alcibades being taught by socrates


apollo and vesta

apollo and vesta


belisarius

belisarius

francois andre
vincent by his wife

francois andre vincent by his wife adelaide labille guiard


greek priest

greek priest


melancholy

melancholy


portrait of a man

portrait of a man

the daughter of
ariovistus

the daughter of ariovistus made prisoner by caesar

the
ploughing lesson

the ploughing lesson by François André Vincent

william tell flipping
the boat

william tell flipping the boat on which the governor gessler crossed lake lucerne

zeuxis choosing
his models

zeuxis choosing his models for the image of helen from among the girls of croton