Jean-Baptiste Greuze
French Artist · 1725–1805
6 works on LinkedCulture
> Courage, my friend Greuze, go ahead and moralize with your paintbrush, and always continue in this manner! > > --Denis Diderot After training in Lyon, Jean-Baptiste Greuze arrived in Paris in 1750, where he sporadically attended the Académie Royale. His 1755 Salon debut was a triumph, but the acclamation turned his head. He antagonized everyone, including fellow artists, which later proved disas
Works
Head of an Old Man
Getty Museum · about 1755
Old Woman with Arms Outstretched (Study for The Neapolitan Gesture)
Getty Museum · 1756
Study of the Head of an Old Woman
Getty Museum · about 1772–1775
The Charitable Woman (La Dame de Charité)
Getty Museum · 1772–1775
The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son
Getty Museum · about 1778
The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse)
Getty Museum · 1761