The young girl
Antique Museums Historical oil paintings Monumental
fine work from the eminent French painter
Jean Baptiste Greuze from the 1780's
(His pupil from the circle of artist from that time painted)
The painting was sold on Christie's auction on 2013
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (born August 21, 1725 in Tournus (Saône-et-Loire);
† March 21, 1805 in Paris) was a French painter.
Greuze came from a large family. At the request of his father, he was to become an architect, but after long disputes Greuze was able to prevail and was allowed to become a painter. He came to Lyon as an apprentice in the studio of the painter Charles Grandon.
At the age of 25, Greuze, on the recommendation of Grandon in Paris, was accepted as a student of the affiliated École Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. For the most part he was taught there by Charles Joseph Natoire. Under his guidance in 1755, probably the most famous early work of Greuzes, father of a family, developed the Bible for his children. He tried in vain to get a job through Louis de Silvestre, the drawing teacher at court.
At the end of 1755, Greuze undertook a study trip to Italy to study especially the ancient artists. After stays in Florence and Rome - he found both cities to be uninteresting - he settled for a few months in Naples. In 1757 Greuze returned to Paris, where he worked as a freelance painter and married a few years later;
The later painter Anna Greuze was his daughter.
Still completely connected to the Rococo in his artistic work, Greuze quickly went out of fashion. The zenith of his career was already exceeded, when he participated in the exhibition of the Paris Salon in 1765 and exhibited at the same time in the Académie royale. For admission to the Académie royale he had the duty to submit a trial (a picture on a particular topic). After much admonition, Greuze delivered the desired picture in 1768 and provided it with the detailed title. The Emperor Severus accuses his son Caracalla of wanting to have him murdered in the mountains and says to him: If you wish my death, then Papinian command me kill with this sword. Only a few weeks later
Greuze was finally accepted as a full member of the Académie royale.
Like many of his contemporaries, Greuze had speculated with assignates and lost the little he had. At the beginning, Greuze was enthusiastic about the French Revolution until he lost all his belongings due to the political circumstances. At this time, Greuze earned his living almost exclusively with painting and drawing lessons. One of his most famous students was Constance Mayer. In 1800, she moved to the studio of Pierre Paul Prud'hon, one of his eternal competitors. In 1804/05, Greuze tried in vain, with the image of the first consul Napoleon, to serve the new government.
At the age of nearly 80 years, the painter Jean Baptiste Greuze died on March 21, 1805 in bitter poverty in Paris. Jacques Dumont and Jean Simon Berthelemy were the only friends to honor him.
Although Greuze was inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment Denis Diderots and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, he remained in all his artistic work, the descriptions of bourgeois milieu arrested. He was known for his portrayals of young girls and women; For many, his student Constance Mayer sat for him.
He was a member of the Paris Masonic Lodge Neuf Sœurs.
Oil painting on canvas with oil paint painted with antique golden wood frame
Dimensions with frame: 57,5X67cm, Without frame: 31X40 cm
Condition: With used good condition as pictured, frame with use feel
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