Greuze

[ grœz ]

/ grœz /

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noun

Jean Bap·tiste

[zhahnba-teest], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/, 1725–1805, French painter.

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Words nearby Greuze

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How to use Greuze in a sentence

One might say that he has thought here of Prudhon and Greuze, and joined their study to the cult of Velasquez.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
Time after time do his contemporaries praise precisely that sense of virtue in the art of Greuze.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
Greuze alone treated him amicably, and even he held out no hopes for his future.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
The great upheaval of the Revolution struck Greuze also, and as a painter he became no longer the fashion.
Chantilly in History and Art|Louise M. Richter

Greuze, like Watteau, marked out a special line of his own; and with him French bourgeois Art reappears once more.
Chantilly in History and Art|Louise M. Richter

British Dictionary definitions for Greuze

Greuze

/ (French ɡrøz) /

noun

Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1725–1805, French genre and portrait painter

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