Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome

Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 6 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

Napoleon Bonaparte in Cairo, 1886 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Napoleon Bonaparte in Cairo 1886

Oil Painting
$3776
SKU: GER-11442
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.4 x 103.2 cm
Private Collection

Napoleon and His General Military Staff in Egypt (Detail), 1867 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Napoleon and His General Military Staff in Egypt ... 1867

Oil Painting
$2646
Canvas Print
$58.82
SKU: GER-11443
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

The Blue Mosque, 1878 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Blue Mosque 1878

Oil Painting
$3367
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11444
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.3 x 104.1 cm
Private Collection

Le Muezzin (The Call to Prayer), 1866 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Le Muezzin (The Call to Prayer) 1866

Oil Painting
$2075
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11445
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.3 x 64.7 cm
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA

Excursion Of The Harem, 1869 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Excursion Of The Harem 1869

Oil Painting
$1385
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11446
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 78.7 x 134.6 cm
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA

Socrates Seeking Alcibiades at the House of Aspasia, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Socrates Seeking Alcibiades at the House of Aspasia 1861

Oil Painting
$2536
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11447
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 63.8 x 97.2 cm
Private Collection

Phryne before the Areopagus, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Phryne before the Areopagus 1861

Oil Painting
$4234
Canvas Print
$58.48
SKU: GER-11448
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 80.5 x 128 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Lion Snapping at a Butterfly, 1889 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Lion Snapping at a Butterfly 1889

Oil Painting
$1294
Canvas Print
$56.18
SKU: GER-11449
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 60 x 83 cm
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

Napoleon in Egypt, c.1867/68 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Napoleon in Egypt c.1867/68

Oil Painting
$1184
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11450
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35.8 x 25 cm
Art Museum at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Portrait of a Woman, 1850 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Portrait of a Woman 1850

Oil Painting
$1426
SKU: GER-11451
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 99.3 x 76 cm
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada

Self Portrait, 1886 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Self Portrait 1886

Oil Painting
$1150
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11452
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Art Gallery and Museums, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

A Roman Slave Market, c.1884 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

A Roman Slave Market c.1884

Oil Painting
$2145
Canvas Print
$58.26
SKU: GER-11453
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64.1 x 56.9 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

Bashi-Bazouk Singing, 1868 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Bashi-Bazouk Singing 1868

Oil Painting
$1637
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11454
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 46.3 x 66 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

On the Desert, b.1867 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

On the Desert b.1867

Oil Painting
$994
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11455
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 21 x 26.8 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

The Death of Caesar, c.1859/67 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Death of Caesar c.1859/67

Oil Painting
$2760
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11456
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 85.5 x 145.5 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

Moorish Bath (Le Marabout), c.1889 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Moorish Bath (Le Marabout) c.1889

Oil Painting
$1483
Canvas Print
$69.52
SKU: GER-11457
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 78 x 85.7 cm
Private Collection

Portal of the Green Mosque (Sentinel at the Sultan's Tomb), c.1870 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Portal of the Green Mosque (Sentinel at the ... c.1870

Oil Painting
$1466
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11462
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 71.8 x 56.5 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Three Worshippers Praying in a Corner of a Mosque, c.1880 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Three Worshippers Praying in a Corner of a Mosque c.1880

Oil Painting
$1368
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11463
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.4 x 59.7 cm
Private Collection

Tanagra's Studio, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Tanagra's Studio n.d.

Oil Painting
$1637
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11464
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.1 x 91.1 cm
Private Collection

Androcles and the Lion, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Androcles and the Lion n.d.

Oil Painting
$1238
SKU: GER-11465
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 58 x 76 cm
Private Collection

The Accursed Lion, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

The Accursed Lion n.d.

Oil Painting
$1500
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: GER-11466
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.3 x 65.4 cm
Private Collection

Tigress and Her Cubs, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Tigress and Her Cubs n.d.

Oil Painting
$1553
SKU: GER-11467
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70 x 100 cm
Private Collection

Tiger on the Lookout, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Tiger on the Lookout n.d.

Oil Painting
$1445
SKU: GER-11468
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 69.9 x 100.3 cm
Private Collection

Lion in a Cliff, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction

Lion in a Cliff n.d.

Oil Painting
$1483
SKU: GER-11469
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 60.3 x 91.4 cm
Private Collection

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