Joseph-Benoît Suvée
Painting, Visual Artist
1743 – 1807
Who was Joseph-Benoît Suvée?
Joseph-Benoît Suvée was a Flemish painter strongly influenced by French neo-classicism.
Suvée was born in Bruges. Initially a pupil of Matthias de Visch, he came to France aged 19 and became a pupil of Jean-Jacques Bachelier. In 1771, he won the Prix de Rome. In Rome from 1772 to 1778, he prolonged the usual duration allowed to pensionaries of the French Academy in Rome. He was named an academician on his return to Paris and he opened an art school for young women at the Louvre. One of his students was Constance Mayer. He emulated and competed with Jacques-Louis David, earning his enduring hatred.
Named the French Academy in Rome's director in 1792, replacing François-Guillaume Ménageot, he was imprisoned for a while in the Prison Saint-Lazare and only able to take up the post in 1801. After a brilliant career, and a six years' stay in Rome as the Academy's Director, he died there suddenly.
His works include Achilles depositing the body of Hector at the feet of the body of Patroclus, and Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi,.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1743
Bruges - Nationality
- France
- Lived in
- Bruges
- Died
- Feb 9, 1807
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on July 23, 2013
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