Francois-Andre Vincent - Artist Info

About Francois-Andre Vincent

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Vincent-Francois Andre
  • Biography

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

    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 French Academy in Rome.

    He travelled to Rome, where he won the Prix de Rome* 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 of France, and in 1792 he became a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ...

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