Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 1 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.
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
The Grey Cardinal 1873
Oil Painting
$2960
$2960
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2798
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 68.6 x 101 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 68.6 x 101 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Pelt Merchant of Cairo 1880
Oil Painting
$1439
$1439
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2856
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.5 x 50.2 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.5 x 50.2 cm
Private Collection
Arabs Crossing the Desert 1870
Oil Painting
$1367
$1367
Canvas Print
$55.39
$55.39
SKU: GER-2857
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 41.2 x 56 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 41.2 x 56 cm
Private Collection
The Arab and his Steed (In the Desert) 1872
Oil Painting
$1570
$1570
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2858
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.7 x 99 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.7 x 99 cm
Private Collection
Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) 1872
Oil Painting
$4320
$4320
Canvas Print
$51.49
$51.49
SKU: GER-2859
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 100 x 149.2 cm
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 100 x 149.2 cm
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA
Prayer in Cairo (Prayer on the Rooftops of Cairo) 1865
Oil Painting
$1860
$1860
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2860
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 49.9 x 81.2 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 49.9 x 81.2 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
The Teaser of the Narghile (The Pipelighter) c.1898
Oil Painting
$1439
$1439
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2861
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54.6 x 66 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54.6 x 66 cm
Private Collection
Bathsheba 1889
Oil Painting
$1539
$1539
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2862
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 60.5 x 100 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 60.5 x 100 cm
Private Collection
Almehs Playing Chess in a Cafe 1870
Oil Painting
$1837
$1837
Canvas Print
$65.30
$65.30
SKU: GER-2863
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.7 x 54.8 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.7 x 54.8 cm
Private Collection
Cairene Horse Dealer (The Horse Market) 1867
Oil Painting
$1792
$1792
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2864
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 57 x 45 cm
The Haggin Museum, California, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 57 x 45 cm
The Haggin Museum, California, USA
Arnauts Playing Chess (The Draught Players) 1859
Oil Painting
$1613
$1613
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2865
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.3 x 28.6 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.3 x 28.6 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom
Camels at the Watering-Place 1857
Oil Painting
$1902
$1902
SKU: GER-2866
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 75 x 120 cm
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 75 x 120 cm
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Egyptian Water Carrier c.1882
Oil Painting
$1070
$1070
SKU: GER-2867
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Quaerens Quem Devoret 1888
Oil Painting
$1674
$1674
SKU: GER-2868
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 62.3 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 62.3 x 110 cm
Private Collection
Napoleon and His General Military Staff in Egypt 1867
Oil Painting
$3758
$3758
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2869
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 58.4 x 88.2 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 58.4 x 88.2 cm
Private Collection
Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets) c.1870
Oil Painting
$1792
$1792
Canvas Print
$54.86
$54.86
SKU: GER-2870
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54.6 x 62.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54.6 x 62.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Nude Woman Bathing c.1889
Oil Painting
$1174
$1174
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2871
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.9 x 32.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 40.9 x 32.5 cm
Private Collection
Moorish Bath, Two Women (Turkish Bath) 1870
Oil Painting
$1514
$1514
Canvas Print
$52.33
$52.33
SKU: GER-2872
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
The Syrian Shepherd 1865
Oil Painting
$1860
$1860
SKU: GER-2873
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Arabs Arguing 1871
Oil Painting
$1656
$1656
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2874
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 30 x 24 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 30 x 24 cm
Private Collection
Pygmalion and Galatea c.1890
Oil Painting
$1664
$1664
Canvas Print
$59.45
$59.45
SKU: GER-2875
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 88.9 x 68.6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 88.9 x 68.6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Mufti Reading in His Prayer Stool c.1900
Oil Painting
$1809
$1809
SKU: GER-2876
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Summer Afternoon on a Lake c.1895
Oil Painting
$1740
$1740
Canvas Print
$50.63
$50.63
SKU: GER-2877
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.7 x 92 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.7 x 92 cm
Private Collection
The Antique Pottery Painter: Sculpturæ vitam ... 1893
Oil Painting
$1724
$1724
Canvas Print
$55.81
$55.81
SKU: GER-2878
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.1 x 68.8 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.1 x 68.8 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada