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GIIEIL Pinac. di Bologna, PI. 19 ; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 664 GREIL, ALOIS, born at Linz, Upper Austria, ill 1841. Genre painter and illus- trator, pupil of Vienna Academy under Christian Ruben ; lived alternately in South- ern Germany and Upper Austria, and in Miracle of St. Gregory, Andrea Saccht, Vatican. 1873 settled in Vienna. His water-colours fetch high prices, and are to be found in many private galleries. Works : Imperial Huszars marching through Suabian Coun- try Town (1880) ; School Examination (1882) ; Knight Drama (188:!). None illustr. Zeitg. (1881), i. 27 ; (1882), i. 8, 14 ; (1883), i. 3. GREXIER DE SAINT MARTIN, FRAN- COIS (Francisque Martin Grcnicr), born in Paris, July 22, 1793, died there, Dec. 21, 18G7. History and genre painter, pupil of Pierre Gucrin, of David, and of the Fwcole des Beaux Arts. He was n skilful genre painter, and several of his works have been engraved. Medals: 2d class, 1810; 1st class, 1834 ; L. of Honour, 1841. Works : Atala Dying (1810); St. Genevieve allaying a Storm (1822, 1827); Sentinel by a Gabion (1822), Montpellier Museum ; Battle of Cam- pillo do Arenas (1823); Surrender of Ulm (1831); Little Peasants surprised by a Wolf (1833), Nantes Museum ; Little Thieves ar- rested by a Gamekeeper, Old Vagabond (1834); Marriage Proposals (1836); Battle of Muga (1H38), Incident in Battle of Aus- terlit/. (1S40), Versailles Museum; Stolen Child (1841 1, Uodcy. Museum; Napoleon's Farewell to his Son (1844); Smuggler (1848); Poacher asleep in his Hiding-Place (1855); Rabbit Hunt ( 1857), Marseilles Mu- seum ; Country Doctor (185!!); A Discovery (18fi3); Young Mother (18<;4>; The. Brook (18I!5). His sons, Henri Gustave and Tln'o- phile Yves IJem', were also j)ainters. Bel- lierde In Chavignerie, i. f'.'.t.'i ; Meyer, Gesch., 158. GUETCHEN. See Mi ri /n<-rit<: GREU/E, JEAN BAPTISTE, born at Tourmis (Saone- et-Loire), Aug. 21, 1725, died in Paris, March 21.1805. French school ; genre and portrait painter, pupil in Lyons of (Iran- don, and in Paris of the Academy in 1755. His picture of the Father reading the Bible to his Children was exhibited and greatly admired in the same year, at the close of which he was taken to Italy by the Abbe Goujenot. After his return he ex- hibited at the Salons of 1757, 1751), and 1761, at which latter his Aceordee dii Vil- lage (Louvre) excited the greatest enthusi- asm. Angry at being received into the Academy (1767) as a genre ami not as a history painter, Greu/e retired for a time to Anjou, whence he returned to exhibit pict- ures in his studio which attracted all Paris. He amassed a large fortune, hut lost it at the Revolution. Neglected by the public, which admired only the new school of David, 173