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.
×
Passionate Customer Service
.jpg "Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Dead Bird by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The lazy little one. Portrait of a young boy who slouches on his book. Painting by Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Guitarist by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Blond Haired Boy with an Open Shirt by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Broken Eggs by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
 as First Consul 1799-1805 - (MeisterDrucke-57157).jpg "Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
 as First Consul 1799-1805 - (MeisterDrucke-57157).jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Girl, 18th Century by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Reclining Female Nude (Study) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Reclining Female Nude: Study for Aegina Visited by Jupiter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-547848).jpg "Draped Female Figure by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-547848).jpg)
.jpg "The Father")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Village Agreement, 1761 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_Greuze_-_(MeisterDrucke-999362).jpg "The Little Girl with the Little Dog by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_Greuze_-_(MeisterDrucke-999362).jpg)
.jpg "Girl Standing, Right Hand on the Ear by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Child with an Apple, Second Half of the 18th century by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Young Boy with a Basket of Flowers by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Notary: A Study for")
.jpg)
.jpg "Cimon and Pero by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641574).jpg "The Angry Mother by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1641574).jpg)
_18th_centur_-_(MeisterDrucke-999642).jpg "Portrait of a Young Boy by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_18th_centur_-_(MeisterDrucke-999642).jpg)
_Peinture_de_Jean_Baptiste_Greuze_(1725-1805)_1780_e_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320612).jpg "Self-portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_Peinture_de_Jean_Baptiste_Greuze_(1725-1805)_1780_e_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320612).jpg)
.jpg "Filial Piety (The Paralytic) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Child Hesitating to Touch a Bird for Fear It Might Be Dead, Called the Dead Bird by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Girl with Fixed Eyes by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Neapolitan Gesture by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of the Artist")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1510452).jpg "Death of an Old Man by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1510452).jpg)
.jpg "Reclining Female Nude: Study for \"Aegina Visited by Jupiter\" by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117675).jpg "Return of drunkard by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117675).jpg)
.jpg "Head of Smiling Girl, c. 1765 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of a Young Woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Young Girl Mourning Her Dead Bird by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_Jeune_fille_denudee_a_lexpression_melancolique_tenant_une_l_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313416).jpg "A Letter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_Jeune_fille_denudee_a_lexpression_melancolique_tenant_une_l_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313416).jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of a Young Girl by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Girl with a Blue Ribbon by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Milkmaid by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Broken Eggs by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Well-Loved Mother by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_18th_cen_-_(MeisterDrucke-960377).jpg "Young Girl with Little Dog by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_18th_cen_-_(MeisterDrucke-960377).jpg)
.jpg "Girl with Capuchin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1527734).jpg "Head of a Young Woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1527734).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-99970).jpg "Head of a Young Girl by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-99970).jpg)
 1759 - (MeisterDrucke-52736).jpg "The Reading of the Bible by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
 1759 - (MeisterDrucke-52736).jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of the Artist")
.jpg)
_Homme_honnete_victime_de_supercherie_arnaq_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322722).jpg "Blind Man Deceived by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_Homme_honnete_victime_de_supercherie_arnaq_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322722).jpg)
.jpg "A Letter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1515683).jpg "Family Worship by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1515683).jpg)
.jpg "A Young Woman, Bust Length by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Father")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Angry Mother by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Jean Baptiste Greuze, Self-Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Study of 2 Hands by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1661092).jpg "The Widow and Her Confessor by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1661092).jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of a Young Man by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Punished Son, 1778 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Child, Turned to the Right by Pierre Charles Ingouf")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-91921).jpg "Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
 - (MeisterDrucke-91921).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002179).jpg "Portrait of a Girl with Blue Ribbon by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002179).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-999779).jpg "The Broken Jug by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-999779).jpg)
.jpg "Boy with a Broken Egg by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Girl, 1763 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Notary: A Study for")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Guilty and Repentant Daughter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Fear of the Storm by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_1763_-_(MeisterDrucke-804312).jpg "The Fruits of Good Education (The Paralytic). 1763 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_1763_-_(MeisterDrucke-804312).jpg)
.jpg "A Girl with a Dead Canary by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Girl at the Window by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The White Hat by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Aegina Visited by Jupiter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Polish Beauty by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Study Head of a Woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Savoyard with a Dancing Doll by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Poor Painter")
.jpg)
.jpg "Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus Accuses His Son Caracalla of Planning His Assassination by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woman With Doves, 1799-1800, c1915 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_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")
_member_of_the_legilslative_assembly_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-970949).jpg)
_1765_Dim_045x0_-_(MeisterDrucke-945877).jpg "Portrait of a Maiden. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1765). Conde Museum, Chantilly, France by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_1765_Dim_045x0_-_(MeisterDrucke-945877).jpg)
.jpg "Girl with Capuchin (detail) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1462214).jpg "The lazy boy by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1462214).jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of Denis Diderot by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Girl by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of Edouard Bertin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Village Agreement by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The guitarist, or a bird who, on return from hunting, tunes his guitar by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of a Lady, c.1765 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Cimon and Pero: \"Roman Charity\" by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Young Knitter Asleep by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Punished Son by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Young Shepherd Holding a Flower by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Girl with a Doll by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1562678).jpg "Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1562678).jpg)
.jpg "Jupiter and Aegina by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Ungrateful Son by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Paternal Blessing, or The Departure of Basile by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Souvenir Fidelity, c1787-1789, 1912 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
.jpg "Fabre d")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Son Punished by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-921154).jpg "A Girl with a Pet Dog by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-921154).jpg)
.jpg "A Father Denies His Son Forced to Leave the Family Home by Jean-Baptiste Greuze")
.jpg)
+43 4257 29415
support@meisterdrucke.com
Mo-Do: 7:00 - 16:00 | Fr: 7:00 - 13:00
