Greuze

"Greuze" by Harold Armitage is a biography from the early 1900s that tells the story of Jean Baptiste Greuze, a famous 18th-century French painter. It follows Greuze's journey from a simple background to becoming a well-known artist in Paris, exploring his career milestones and famous paintings like "Un Père de Famille qui lit la Bible à ses Enfants" and "La Cruche Cassée." These works showed everyday life and moral lessons, which were really important at the time. The book also talks about the problems Greuze faced, like money troubles, disapproval from other artists, and how the French Revolution affected his work. Armitage takes a close look at Greuze's paintings and tells his story in an interesting way, showing how art was connected to society and morals back then.