Joseph-Marie Vien (18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was between the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism, and was the main master to the young Jacques-Louis David.
He won the Prix of Rome, allowing to study in Rome. He later would be the director of the French Academy in Rome.
He was the last person to have the title of "Premier peintre du Roi", or First painter of of the King, from 1789 to 1791, abolished because of the French Revolution.
He was buried in the Pantheon, in Paris.
