Joseph Villevieille

• Name — Joseph Villevieille • Born — 6 August 1829 • Birthplace — Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Died — 11 February 1916 • Place of death — Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France • Resting Place — Saint-Pierre Cemetery • Education — École des Beaux-Arts • Occupation — Painter

Joseph Villevieille was born on 6 August 1829 in Aix-en-Provence. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Villevieille taught painting in Aix-en-Provence. He became friends with Paul Cézanne, whose mother he painted shortly before she died. When the townhall of Aix-en-Provence was burgled on 22 August 1872, Villevieille was commissioned to do many paintings for its walls. Some of those paintings were portraits of prominent local painters like Jean-Baptiste van Loo and François Marius Granet, and local historian Scholastique Pitton. In 1900, he did a painting of Sextius Calvinus, the founder of Aix-en-Provence, which is also in the collection of the townhall. • Illustration — Sextius Calvinus, founder of Aix-en-Provence, painted by Joseph Villevieille in 1900.