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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.
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." [1]
Jean-Léon Gérôme (born May 11, 1824, Vesoul, France—died Jan. 10, 1904, Paris) was a painter, sculptor, and teacher, one of the most prominent late 19th-century academic artists in France.
Jul 1, 2022 · One of the most well-known French artists of his day, Jean-Léon Gérôme is recognized for revolutionizing historical painting. However, Jean-Léon Gérôme’s paintings drew harsh criticism and controversy from those who thought that his combination of academic artwork with genre painting placed him in the middle of two antiquated schools.
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French artist known for his highly finished paintings and sculptures of mythological, Orientalist, and historical scenes. View Jean-Léon Gérôme’s 1,451 artworks on artnet.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was among the most officially honored and financially successful French artists of the second half of the 19th century. His brilliantly painted and often provocative pictures were at the center of heated debates over the present and future of the great French painting tradition.
Jean-Léon Gérôme French. ca. 1890. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800. Between 1890 and 1892, Gérôme made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, the tale recounted in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Jean-Léon Gérôme 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...
ARC. Leading the Revival of Realism. French painter, was born on the 11th of May 1824 at Vesoul (Haute-SaOne). He went to Paris in 1841 and worked under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy (1844—1845). On his return he exhibited The Cock-fight, which gained him a third-class medal in the Salon of 1847.
The career, contribution, and place of Jean-Léon Gérôme in the art of the nineteenth century have waited a long time to receive definitive consideration and thorough examination.
