François-André Vincent

Paintings

Zeuxis Choosing his Models for the Image of Helen from among the Girls of Croton

Alcibades being taught by Socrates

The Daughter of Ariovistus made prisoner by Caesar during the Germans' defeat

The Greek Priest

Democritus among the Abderitans

Portrait of a Man

Francois-Andre Vincent

Germanicus Calming the Revolt in his Camp

Francois-Andre Vincent

Apollo and Vesta

Francois-Andre Vincent

Allegory of the liberation of slaves in Algiers by Jérôme Bonaparte

Francois-Andre Vincent

Saint John the Evangelist

Francois-Andre Vincent

William Tell Capsizing the Boat of Gessler

Francois-Andre Vincent

Melancholy

Francois-Andre Vincent

Portrait of a Man

Francois-Andre Vincent

Belisarius

Francois-Andre Vincent

Portrait of Baron Georges Cuvier

Francois-Andre Vincent

Chancellor Antoine Chaumont La Galaizière

Study for Boreas Abducting Oreithyia

Arria and Paetus

Diana and Actaeon

Portrait of a Young Woman, Bust Length, in Profile

Portrait of a Young Woman looking over her Shoulder

Alcibades being taught by Socrates

François-André Vincent (30 December 1746 – 4 August 1816) was a French neoclassical painter. [1]

He was the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent and studied under Joseph-Marie Vien. François-André Vincent was a pupil of École Royale des Éleves Protégés. From 1771 to 1775 he studied at the Académie de France. He travelled to Rome, where he won the Prix de Rome in 1768, and was when he was installed at the the Palais Mancini, Rome, where he painted numerous portraits, inspired by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's style, wo also was visiting Rome and Naples in the same time. and also inspired by the Classical antiquity and the Italian renaissance masters like Raphael.[2][3]

In 1790, Vincent was appointed master of drawings to Louis XVI of France, 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.

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, and among his contemporaries, Jean-Honoré Fragonard. François-André Vincent was one of the principal innovators of the subjects and themes in French art of Neoclassical style an his works were of a high standard.[4]

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.