The Enigmatic Vision of Jean-Baptiste Greuze Jean-Baptiste Greuze, born in Tournus in 1736 and passing away in Paris in 1799, remains a fascinating, if somewhat paradoxical figure within the landscape of eighteenth-century French art. He wasn’t a product of the established academic system, yet he achieved immense popularity – and notoriety – challenging the prevailing Rococo style with his intensely psychological portraits and genre s…