Who painted “Broken Eggs”?

“Broken Eggs” was painted by Jean-Baptiste Greuze in 1756. Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Academic Art: smooth, glossy surfaces and idealised figures, usually from myth, the Bible or history; Realism shows ordinary people and Impressionism visible, broken strokes.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French pronunciation:, 21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting. Wikipedia

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“The broken pitcher”, 1771
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“The Village Bride”, 1761
“The Broken Mirror”, 1763
“Guitarist”, 1757
“Reading the Bible”, 1755
“The Lazy Boy”, 1755