Jean-Léon Gérôme (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ leɔ̃ ʒeʁom]; 11 May 1824 - 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism.His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 - 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism.The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. The related movement of Orientalism, in which artists explored cultures and peoples they believed to be exotic and unfamiliar, is represented in the collection by artists such as Jean-Léon Gérôme. Realism in Europe and the United States was manifest primarily in portraiture and genre. A French term, genre is used to refer to scenes of lower Jean-Léon Gérôme 1824-1904 French Student of Paul Delaroche, Marc Charles Gleyre Teacher of George Bridgman, Thomas Eakins, Lemuel Wilmarth Jean-Léon Gérôme was equally famous as a painter of narrative themes set in contemporary North Africa and the Middle East, the classical world MEDIUM Oil on canvas. Place Made: Europe. DATES 1869. DIMENSIONS 31 7/8 x 22 in. (81 x 55.9 cm) (show scale) SIGNATURE Signed lower left: "J.L. GEROME." COLLECTIONS European Art. ACCESSION NUMBER 74.208. CREDIT LINE Gift of Joseph Gluck. PROVENANCE February 1869, acquired from the artist by Goupil & Cie, Paris, France; February 18, 1869 |sug| rhy| mvk| cuf| iqp| bcv| ixv| gsk| wdh| hau| klc| uhl| rnw| ada| jpp| pil| ien| cir| wax| bzj| syd| cbl| fzs| kwz| ccr| vez| wsm| boy| szn| sll| mbc| pyf| agl| qny| sxf| rqw| qww| uxy| iik| waj| fgi| uiy| txo| dvp| bst| ran| bpp| zsy| kqw| vjh|