François André Vincent (1746–1816)

• Was a French neoclassical painter.
• He was the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent.
• Vincent 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 after winning the Prix de Rome with Germanicus Calms Sedition in his Camp in 1768.
• 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 who was well known for her mastery in portrait painting. 

• 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 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.

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