Jean-Baptiste Greuze

(1725–1805) fransk målare

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (France, 1725–1805) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jean-Baptiste Greuze belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze was born in Tournus and died in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Greuze trained at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The teachers included Charles Grandon and Charles-Joseph Natoire. Jean-Baptiste Greuze worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Jean-Baptiste Greuze with Rococo. Jean-Baptiste Greuze became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The students included Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu, Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux, Constance Mayer, and Pierre-Alexandre Wille.

The best-known works include ‘The Village Bride’, ‘The Father's Curse - The Ungrateful Son’, ‘The broken pitcher’, and ‘Broken Eggs’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 217 works by Jean-Baptiste Greuze with free images. The dated works span the years 1700–1900. Works by Jean-Baptiste Greuze are held by several collections, among them Wallace Collection, Département des peintures du Louvre, Musée Fabre, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Jean-Jacques Bachelier, Peder Als, Jean-Jacques Caffieri, and Bernhard Rode.

• Rococo
• Broken Eggs
• The broken pitcher
• The Village Bride
• The Father's Curse - The Ungrateful Son
• The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse)
• Guitarist
• Cupid Crowned by Psyche
• The Broken Mirror