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'''Joseph Marie Vien''' (Montpellier 1716 – Paris 1809) French [[neoclassical]] painter. He is best known as [[Jacques-Louis David]]'s teacher.
Vien led the fashionable taste in [[France]] for subjects from the classics when he returned to Paris in 1750, full of ideas from [[Rome]] (He studied in Rome, from 1743 to 1750). [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] acknowledged his merit by making him a senator.
''Marchande d'amours'' ''(Fontainebleau)'' is one of Vien's best-known paintings. His works include "Saint Louis et Marguerite de Provence visitent Saint Thibaud" and "Cupid and Psyche".
== Gallery ==
Image:Vien.jpg|"Young Greek Maidens Decking the Sleeping Cupid with Flowers"
Image:Vien Cupid and Psyche.jpg|"Cupid and Psyche"
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[[Image:Vien St. Denis Preaching in Gaul.jpg|300px|St. Denis Preaching in Gaul]]
St. Denis Preaching in Gaul
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== See also ==
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Painting Schools]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/vien/biograph.html Vien] Web Gallery of Art.
[[Category:Artists]]
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