François-André Vincent

François-André Vincent studied at Académie de Saint-Luc and Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Training under François-Élie Vincent and Joseph-Marie Vien is recorded. François-Édouard Picot, Henri-François Riesener and Horace Vernet are recorded as having studied under François-André Vincent. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history and portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome and Paris. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris and École polytechnique. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are William Tell Overturning the Barque of Gessler, Portrait of a Man and The Ploughing Lesson. Work by François-André Vincent is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada and Groeningemuseum. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour and resident at the Villa Medici.

• Name — François-André Vincent • Born — 30 December 1746 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 4 August 1816 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Neoclassical painter

• Illustration — Chancellor Antoine Chaumont de La Galaizière receiving homage from the First President of the Court of Lorraine in Nancy on 21 March 1737 Vincent was born in Paris in 1746, the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent. He studied under Joseph-Marie Vien and was a pupil of École Royale des Éleves Protégés. From 1771 to 1775 he studied at the French Academy in Rome. He travelled to Rome after winning the Prix de Rome with Germanicus Calms Sedition in his Camp in 1768, and was when he was installed at the Palais Mancini, where he painted numerous portraits, inspired by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's style, who also was visiting Rome and Naples in the same time. In 1790, Vincent was appointed master of drawings to Louis XVI, and in 1792 he became a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris. In 1800, he married the painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard who was well known for her mastery in portrait painting, a member of the Royal Academy and painter for the Royal Family. He was a leader of the neoclassical and historical movement in French art, along with his rival Jacques-Louis David, another pupil of Vien. He was influenced by the art of classical antiquity, by the masters of the Italian High Renaissance, especially Raphael. François-André Vincent was one of the principal innovators of the subjects and themes in French art of Neoclassical style and his works were of a high standard. He was one of the founder members of the Académie des Beaux-Arts – part of the Institut de France and the successor to the Académie royale – in 1795. Towards the end of his life he painted less due to ill health, but he continued to receive official honours.

• Illustration — Germanicus Calms Sedition in his Camp, 1768 • Illustration — Belisarius, 1776 • Illustration — Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, 1777 • Illustration — President Molé Confronted by Insurgents, 1779 • Illustration — The Intervention of the Sabine Women, 1781 • Illustration — Henry IV Bringing Food into Paris, 1783 • Illustration — Arria and Paetus, 1784 • Illustration — Renaud and Armida, 1787 • Illustration — The Farewell of Henry IV and Gabrielle d'Estrées, 1787 • Illustration — Zeuxis Choosing the Most Beautiful Women from Croton as His Models, 1789 • Illustration — Democritus Among the Abderites, 1791 • Illustration — William Tell's Leap from the Boat of his Captors, 1791 • Illustration — Saint John the Evangelist, 1793 • Illustration — The Ploughing Lesson, 1798 • Illustration — Allegory of Freedom for Ransomed Barbary Captives, 1806 • Illustration — Portrait of Bergeret de Grancourt, 1774 • Illustration — Pierre Rousseau, 1774 • Illustration — Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges, 1789 • Illustration — Portrait of Georges Cuvier, 1795 • Illustration — Portrait of a Man, 1795 • Illustration — Portrait of Antoine-Vincent Arnault, 1801 • Illustration — Greek priest • Illustration — Portrait de la baronne de Chalvet-Souville, née Marie de Broutin (detail)

The authorities additionally record the headings François André Vincent, François Andre Vincent, Francois Andre Vincent, Francois-Andre Vincent and Vincent of Paris. His recorded language was French. He was the child of François-Élie Vincent. He married Adélaïde Labille-Guiard.

His work is associated with Neoclassicism. He was employed by Beaux-Arts de Paris and École polytechnique. Recorded position is court painter. He belonged to Académie des beaux-arts and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen. He worked at Rome and Paris.

François-André Vincent is recorded as having received Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour and resident at the Villa Medici. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 3: William Tell Overturning the Barque of Gessler, Portrait of a Man and The Ploughing Lesson. His recorded genres are history and portrait.