Joseph-Benoît Suvée
(1743–1807) Flemish painter (1743–1807)
Joseph-Benoît Suvée (France, 1743–1807) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Joseph-Benoît Suvée belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Joseph-Benoît Suvée was born in Bruges and died in Rome. Joseph-Benoît Suvée trained at Academy of Fine Arts Bruges. Joseph-Benoît Suvée worked in Bruges, Paris, Rome, and Paris. Wikidata associates Joseph-Benoît Suvée with Neoclassicism. Joseph-Benoît Suvée became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The awards include Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Augustin van den Berghe, Cornelis Cels, Jean-Bernard Duvivier, and Albert Gregorius.
One of the best-known works is ‘Academic life drawing study: seated male nude’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 21 works by Joseph-Benoît Suvée with free images. The dated works span the years 1743–1795. Works by Joseph-Benoît Suvée are held by several collections, among them Groeningemuseum, Département des peintures du Louvre, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, and Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giocondo Albertolli, Louis Jean Desprez, Deng Shiru, Jean-Laurent Mosnier, and Nicolai Abildgaard.