de Gree, Pieter

Artist

de Gree, Pieter

Years

1751 - 1789

Mediums

oil on canvas, Painting

Biography

Flemish decorative painter. Peter De Gree, the son of a tailor in Antwerp, was a pupil of Martin Joseph Geeraerts, whose grisaille style he imitated. In Antwerp he met David La Touche and also Joshua Reynolds, who employed him as an agent for purchasing pictures for himself and for the Duke of Rutland.

Acquired works 1