About François-Élie Vincent
Lived 1708 – 1790 (aged 81). François-Élie Vincent was a painter and portraitist.
Damaged self-portrait by Vincent, c. 1750–1752 (Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève) François-Élie Vincent (20 June 1708 – 28 March 1790) was a French painter of portrait miniatures.
Vincent was born in Geneva and moved to Paris around 1745, where he was active as painter and teacher at the Académie de Saint-Luc. Vincent Among his pupils were his son, François-André Vincent, a notable painter and a leader of the neoclassical movement, and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, one of the first women to enter the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
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Who was François-Élie Vincent?
Genevan painter (1708-1790)
When was François-Élie Vincent born?
François-Élie Vincent was born on 20 June 1708 in Geneva.
When did François-Élie Vincent die?
François-Élie Vincent died on 28 March 1790 in Paris.
What was François-Élie Vincent's occupation?
François-Élie Vincent was a painter and portraitist.
What nationality was François-Élie Vincent?
François-Élie Vincent's recorded nationality: Republic of Geneva.
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