François-André Vincent
François-André Vincent (1746–1816) was a French painter.
Also recorded as François André Vincent; François Andre Vincent; Francois Andre Vincent; Francois-Andre Vincent; Vincent of Paris; M. Vincent.
Overview
Born at Paris in 1746, died at former 10th arrondissement of Paris in 1816.
In detail
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. The authority associates the name with Neoclassicism.
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. Membership is recorded of Académie des beaux-arts and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.
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.
Sources
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