Jean-Baptiste Greuze was a French painter who became especially famous for his portraits, genre and history paintings. Since his father was initially against an artistic education, Greuze had to educate himself mainly autodidactically at first. The portrait painter Grandon, who was famous at the time, became aware of Greuze's talent and was finally able to change his father's mind. So the boy was allowed to move with him to Lyon as Grandon's pupil. Later, on his recommendation, he went to the art academy in Paris at the age of 25. During his time at the academy Greuze hardly managed to attract the attention of his teachers and his paintings were only moderately successful at first. One of his better known early works was "Familienvater den Kindern die Bibel auslegend". To deepen his studies and to prove himself to his critics, Greuze set off for Italy together with the painter Abbé Louis Gougenot. For Gougenot the trip was to be a complete success. Greuze could not shine in comparison. He himself found the stays in Rome and Florence uninteresting.
Greue's relationship with the art academy was generally difficult. He exhibited several times both in the Paris Salon and at the Academy with increasing success. Arriving at the height of his career in 1765, he exhibited 13 works simultaneously, including "La Bonne Mère" and "La Malediction Paternelle". He always ignored the request of the academy to finally submit a trial work. The Academy reacted by banning him from exhibiting until he fulfilled the request. Greuze always wanted to be recognized as a history painter. However, the Academy only honored him as a genre painter, because in their opinion historical motifs were not his paradise discipline. This enraged Greuze so much that he refused to exhibit there for many years.
Greuse's paintings were among the most expensive in France between the 1760s and 70s. But the extravagant lifestyle, the embezzlement by his later ex-wife and the speculation with assignees left him nothing in the end. In the last years of his life he had to keep his head above water as an art teacher. His most famous student was Constance Mayer. But in the end she left him for his biggest competitor Pierre Paul Prud‘hon.
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.jpg "The lazy little one. Portrait of a young boy who fell asleep on his book. Painting by Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_18th_cen_-_(MeisterDrucke-960377).jpg "Young Girl with Little Dog, 18th century, Paris, Musée Cognacq-Jay by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_Greuze_-_(MeisterDrucke-999362).jpg "The Little Girl with the Little Dog, 1769. Dimensions 64x53 cm. Milan, Civiche Raccolte del Castello Sforzesco by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Reclining Female Nude: Study for Aegina Visited by Jupiter, c. 1767 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Broken Pitcher, c.1772-73 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Emperor Severus Rebuking his Son, Caracalla, for Wanting to Assassinate Him, 1769 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Paralytic, 1763 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Punished Son. The son returns home and finds his family crying at the bedside of his dead father. 1778. Sun. 1.3 x 1.63 m by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Young girl hesitant to touch a bird for fear that it is dead, or the dead bird. Painting by Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), 1800. Sun. 0.68 x 0.55 m by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1739100).jpg "Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743-1817) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady, c.1765 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Cimon and Pero: \"Roman Charity\" by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Cherished Lamb by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Head of a Young Man, Turned to the Left by Pierre Charles Ingouf")
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.jpg "The guitarist, or a bird who, on return from hunting, tunes his guitar by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Stroganov as a Child, 1778 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Head of a Child, Turned to the Right by Pierre Charles Ingouf")
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_member_of_the_legilslative_assembly_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-970949).jpg "Portrait of Armand Gensonne (1758 - 1793) member of the legislative assembly of the convention by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_1765_Dim_045x0_-_(MeisterDrucke-945877).jpg "Portrait of a Maiden. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1765). Conde Museum, Chantilly, France by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Girl Standing, Right Hand on the Ear by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_painter_and_journalist_Painting_by_-_(MeisterDrucke-984139).jpg "Portrait of Edouard Bertin as a Child by Jean Baptiste Greuze by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Morning prayer by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Ungrateful Son by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-907232).jpg "Simon and Pero, Roman Charity, c.1767 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_18th_century_Sun_047x03_-_(MeisterDrucke-984390).jpg "La Surprise by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Emperor Septimius Severus by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Head of an Old Man, Study for “A Marriage Contract” by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1448855).jpg "Death of an Old Man by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Étienne Jeaurat, Painter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Young Man in Three-Quarter Profile Facing Left by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "A Dreamer, c.1780 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Souvenir Fidelity, c1787-1789, 1912 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1573013).jpg "Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-99970).jpg "Head of a Young Girl by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "Madame de Porcin, 1774 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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_oil_on_canvas_circa_1_-_(MeisterDrucke-964253).jpg "Self-portrait. Painting by Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Oil on Canvas, circa 1755. French Art 18th Century. Hotel Dieu, Musee Greuze, Tournus. by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "A Girl, Bust Length, with a Green Hairband, Looking Up by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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.jpg "The Motherly Reprimand by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
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