Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome

Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 3 of 9

1824-1904

French Academic Classicism Painter

Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 - January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor who produced many works in a historical, Orientalist style.
Born at Vesoul (Haute-Saône), he went to Paris in 1841 where he studied at the Académie Julian 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 Virgin with Christ and St John and Anacreon, Bacchus and Cupid took a second-class medal in 1848. He exhibited Bacchus and Love, Drunk, a Greek Interior and Souvenir d'Italie, in 1851; Paestum (1852); and An Idyll (1853).
In 1854 Gérôme made a journey to Turkey and the shores of the Danube, and in 1857 visited Egypt. To the exhibition of 1855 he contributed a Pifferaro, a Shepherd, A Russian Concert and a large historical canvas, The Age of Augustus and the Birth of Christ. The last was somewhat confused in effect, but in recognition of its consummate ability the State purchased it.
Gérôme's reputation was greatly enhanced at the Salon of 1857 by a collection of works of a more popular kind: the Duel: after a Masquerade, Egyptian Recruits crossing the Desert, Memnon and Sesostris and Camels Watering, the drawing of which was criticized by Edmond About.
In Caesar (1859) Gérôme tried to return to a severer class of work, but the picture failed to interest the public. Phryne before the Areopagus, Le Roi Candaule and Socrates finding Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia (1861) gave rise to some scandal by reason of the subjects selected by the painter, and brought down on him the bitter attacks of Paul de Saint-Victor and Maxime Du Camp. At the same Salon he exhibited the Egyptian chopping Straw, and Rembrandt biting an Etching, two very minutely finished works.
Gérôme's best paintings are of Eastern subjects; among these may be named the Turkish Prisoner and Turkish Butcher (1863); Prayer (1865); The Slave Market (1867); and The Harem out Driving (1869). He often illustrated history, as in Louis XIV and Molière (1863); The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainebleau (1865); and the Death of Marshal Ney (1868).
Gérôme was also successful as a sculptor; he executed, among other works; Omphale (1887), and the statue of the duc d'Aumale which stands in front of the château of Chantilly (1899). His Bellona (1892), in ivory, metal, and precious stones, which was also exhibited in the Royal Academy of London, attracted great attention. The artist then began an interesting series of Conquerors, wrought in gold, silver and gems Bonaparte entering Cairo (1897); Tamerlane (1898); and Frederick the Great (1899).
Gérôme was elected member of the Institut in 1865.
His students included: Dagnan-Bouveret, Lecomte du Nouy, Thomas Eakins, Frank Boggs, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Kenyon Cox, Dennis Miller Bunker, William DeLeftwich Dodge, Wyatt Eaton, Alexander Harrison, Robert Lee MacCameron, Siddons Mowbray, Lawton Parker, Harper Pennington, William Picknell, Julius Stewart, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Douglas Volk and J. Alden Weir.
Jean-Léon Gérôme died in 1904 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.

209 Gerome Paintings

Bashi-Bazouk, c.1868/69 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Bashi-Bazouk c.1868/69

Oil Painting
$1689
Canvas Print
$52.87
SKU: GER-11365
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 80.6 x 66 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Prayer in the Mosque, 1871 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Prayer in the Mosque 1871

Oil Painting
$3113
Canvas Print
$55.18
SKU: GER-11366
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 88.9 x 74.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Tiger and Cubs, c.1884 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Tiger and Cubs c.1884

Oil Painting
$1184
Canvas Print
$51.97
SKU: GER-11367
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 91.4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Oasis, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Oasis 1857

Oil Painting
$1368
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11368
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.1 x 82 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Black Panther Stalking a Herd of Deer, 1851 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Black Panther Stalking a Herd of Deer 1851

Oil Painting
$1222
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11369
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 52.4 x 74 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Prisoner, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Prisoner 1861

Oil Painting
$1565
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11370
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 45 x 78 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France

The Shrine of Imam Hussein, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Shrine of Imam Hussein n.d.

Oil Painting
$2011
Canvas Print
$54.54
SKU: GER-11371
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64 x 54 cm
Private Collection

The Plain of Thebes in Upper Egypt, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Plain of Thebes in Upper Egypt 1857

Oil Painting
$1402
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11372
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 76 x 131 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France

The Sword Dance (La Phyrique), n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Sword Dance (La Phyrique) n.d.

Oil Painting
$2588
Canvas Print
$53.56
SKU: GER-11373
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.5 x 89 cm
Private Collection

Night, c.1850/55 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Night c.1850/55

Oil Painting
$1160
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11379
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 76.5 x 46 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Tiger and Vulture, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Tiger and Vulture n.d.

Oil Painting
$1426
Canvas Print
$51.32
SKU: GER-11380
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 90.2 x 71.1 cm
Private Collection

The Harem Guard, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Harem Guard n.d.

Oil Painting
$1218
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11381
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Tiger on the Watch, c.1888 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Tiger on the Watch c.1888

Oil Painting
$1445
Canvas Print
$53.14
SKU: GER-11382
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.5 x 90.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

Young Greeks Encouraging Cocks to Fight, 1846 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Young Greeks Encouraging Cocks to Fight 1846

Oil Painting
$2931
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11383
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 143 x 204 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Diogenes, 1860 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Diogenes 1860

Oil Painting
$1891
Canvas Print
$55.91
SKU: GER-11384
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 74.5 x 101 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

The Artist's Father and Son on the Doorstep of His House, c.1866/67 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Artist's Father and Son on the Doorstep of ... c.1866/67

Oil Painting
$968
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11385
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.5 x 20 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France

The Snake Charmer, c.1870 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Snake Charmer c.1870

Oil Painting
$12484
Canvas Print
$50.92
SKU: GER-11386
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 83.8 x 122 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

The Christian Martyr's Last Prayer, c.1863/83 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Christian Martyr's Last Prayer c.1863/83

Oil Painting
$3191
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11387
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 87.9 x 150.1 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

Working in Marble (The Artist Sculpting Tanagra), 1890 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Working in Marble (The Artist Sculpting Tanagra) 1890

Oil Painting
$1895
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11388
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 39.3 cm
Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, USA

Pygmalion and Galatea, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Pygmalion and Galatea n.d.

Oil Painting
$1340
Canvas Print
$51.20
SKU: GER-11389
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 94 x 74 cm
Private Collection

Arnaut and Dogs, c.1879 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Arnaut and Dogs c.1879

Oil Painting
$1184
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11390
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 33 x 24.8 cm
Private Collection

The Slave Market, 1871 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Slave Market 1871

Oil Painting
$1739
Canvas Print
$51.72
SKU: GER-11391
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 74.9 x 59.7 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA

The Slave for Sale, 1873 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Slave for Sale 1873

Oil Painting
$1579
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11392
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Musee d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix, France

The Moorish Bath, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Moorish Bath n.d.

Oil Painting
$1190
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11393
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

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