Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791.

Biography

He was born in

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. Protected by Comte de Caylus, he entered at an early age the studio of Natoire, and obtained the ''grand prix'' in 1745. He used his time at

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in applying to the study of nature and the development of his own powers all that he gleaned from the masterpieces around him; but his tendencies were so foreign to the reigning taste that on his return to

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he owed his admission to the academy for his picture ''Daedalus and Icarus'' (

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) solely to the indignant protests of François Boucher.''Encyclopædia Britannica '', 1911 When in 1776, at the height of his established reputation, he became director of the school of France at Rome, he refused to take Jacques-Louis David with him amongst his pupils, stating he was too old to teach a young artist. After his return, five years later, his fortunes were wrecked by the

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; but he undauntedly set to work, and at the age of eighty (1796) carried off the prize in an open government competition.

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acknowledged his merit by making him a senator. Joseph-Marie Vien died in Paris, and was buried in the crypt of the

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. He left behind him many other brilliant pupils, amongst whom were

François-André Vincent François-André Vincent (; 30 December 1746 – 4 August 1816) was a French neoclassical painter. Biography Vincent was born in Paris in 1746, the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent. He studied under Joseph-Marie Vien and was ...

, Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust,

Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Biography Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to I ...

Joseph-Benoît Suvée Joseph-Benoît Suvée (3 January 1743 – 9 February 1807) was a Flemish painter strongly influenced by French neo-classicism. Biography Suvée was born in Bruges. Initially a pupil of Matthias de Visch, he came to France aged 19 and bec ...

Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours (4 April 1752 – 6 April 1809) was a Swiss painter from Geneva. As well as relatively informal portraits, he specialized in ambitious history paintings of subjects from ancient, especially classical, history. Thes ...

François-Guillaume Ménageot François-Guillaume Ménageot (1744–1816) was a French painter of religious and French historical scenes. A pupil of François Boucher (1703–1770), he went on to win the Grand Prix de Rome and become a director of the French Academy in Ro ...

, Jean-Joseph Taillasson and others of high merit; nor should the name of his wife,

Marie-Thérèse Reboul Marie-Thérèse Reboul (26 February 1735—4 January 1806), commonly called Madame Vien, was a French painter and engraver of natural history subjects, still lifes, and flowers. In 1757, Marie-Thérèse Reboul married the painter Joseph-Marie V ...

(1728–1805), herself a member of the academy, be omitted from this list. Their son, Marie Joseph, born in 1761, also distinguished himself as a painter.

Works

* ''Sainte Marthe recevant le Christ à Bethanie'' (1747), Église Sainte-Marthe,

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* ''Saint Jérôme méditant sur un crâne'', La Fère, Musée Jeanne d'Aboville * ''La résurrection de Lazare'' (1747), Église Sainte-Marthe, Tarascon * ''L'embarquement de sainte Marthe'' (1751), Église Sainte-Marthe, Tarascon * ''L'arrivée de sainte Marthe en Provence'' (1748), Église Sainte-Marthe, Tarascon * ''La prédication de sainte Marthe'' (1748), Église Sainte-Marthe, Tarascon * ''L'agonie de sainte Marthe'' (1748), Église Sainte-Marthe, Tarascon * ''Les funérailles de sainte Marthe'' (1748), Église Sainte-Marthe, Tarascon * ''Hermite endormi'' (1753),

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* ''Dédale dans le Labyrinthe attachant les ailes à Icare'' (1754), Musée du Louvre * ''St Theresa of Avila'' (1754-55),

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* ''La Douce Mélancolie'' (1756),

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* ''L'Enlèvement de Proserpine'' (1762),

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* ''La Marchande d'amours'' (1763),

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* ''Une Femme qui sort des bains'', 1763, (huile 95x68 cm) (private collection) * ''Saint Denis préchant'' (1767), Church of Saint-Roch, Paris * ''Grecque au bain'' (1767),

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, Puerto Rico * ''Jeunes grecques parant de fleurs l'Amour endormi'' (1773), Musée du Louvre * ''Venus, Wounded by Diomedes, is Saved by Iris'' (1775),

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* ''Les adieux d'Hector et d'Andromaque'' (1786), Musée du Louvre * ''Love Fleeing Slavery'' (1789),

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* ''Saint Louis remet la régence à sa mère'', Saint-Louis Chapel,

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, Paris * ''Toilette d'une jeune mariée dans le costume antique'', (100x135 cm) (private collection)Auctioned €401,487 in June 1992 by Sotheby's Monaco.

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Example of work: Cupid & Psyche, 1767
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