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VIEN, JOSEPH MARIE (1716-1809) , French painter, was born at Montpellier on the 18th of June 1716. 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 Rome 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 Paris he owed his admission to the academy
Boucher . When in 1776, at the height of his established reputation, he became director of the school of France at Rome, he took David
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