French painter. He was a well-known genre and trompe l'oeil painter who taught himself. After arriving in Paris to develop his technique, he was unpleasantly surprised to see one of his paintings, Old Woman Making Lace, on sale under the name of another painter. Grésely set the record straight and the incident made his reputation and he was subsequently inundated with commissions. Unfortunately, ill health forced him to leave Paris, where he had a very successful career, to return home to the provinces. //