![Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/gerome000.jpg)
Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 2 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
![Prayer in the Desert, 1864 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome025.jpg)
Prayer in the Desert 1864
Oil Painting
$1387
$1387
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-2879
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 48.5 x 81.3 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 48.5 x 81.3 cm
Private Collection
![Bathers by the Edge of a River, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome026.jpg)
Bathers by the Edge of a River n.d.
Oil Painting
$943
$943
SKU: GER-2880
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Harem Women Feeding Pigeons in a Courtyard, 1894 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome027.jpg)
Harem Women Feeding Pigeons in a Courtyard 1894
Oil Painting
$1335
$1335
Canvas Print
$55.97
$55.97
SKU: GER-2881
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 60.3 x 81.6 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 60.3 x 81.6 cm
Private Collection
![Master of the Hounds, 1876 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome028.jpg)
Master of the Hounds 1876
Oil Painting
$1644
$1644
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-2882
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 33 x 25 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 33 x 25 cm
Private Collection
![The Grand Bath at Bursa, 1885 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome029.jpg)
The Grand Bath at Bursa 1885
Oil Painting
$1985
$1985
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-2883
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70 x 100.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70 x 100.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Women's Bath, 1889 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome030.jpg)
The Women's Bath 1889
Oil Painting
$1494
$1494
Canvas Print
$63.00
$63.00
SKU: GER-2884
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 67.7 x 54.6 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 67.7 x 54.6 cm
Private Collection
![The First Kiss of the Sun (The Pyramids), n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome031.jpg)
The First Kiss of the Sun (The Pyramids) n.d.
Oil Painting
$1494
$1494
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-2885
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54 x 100.4 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54 x 100.4 cm
Private Collection
![The Terrace of the Seraglio, 1886 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome032.jpg)
The Terrace of the Seraglio 1886
Oil Painting
$2355
$2355
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-2886
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82 x 122 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82 x 122 cm
Private Collection
![Moorish Bath, c.1880/85 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome033.jpg)
Moorish Bath c.1880/85
Oil Painting
$1620
$1620
Canvas Print
$62.04
$62.04
SKU: GER-2887
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 59.7 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 59.7 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![The Dance of the Almeh (The Belly-Dancer), 1863 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome034.jpg)
The Dance of the Almeh (The Belly-Dancer) 1863
Oil Painting
$2269
$2269
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-3296
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.2 x 81.3 cm
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.2 x 81.3 cm
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, USA
![The Carpet Merchant, c.1887 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome035.jpg)
The Carpet Merchant c.1887
Oil Painting
$4561
$4561
Canvas Print
$59.42
$59.42
SKU: GER-3901
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 86 x 68.7 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 86 x 68.7 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, USA
![Whirling Dervishes, 1899 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome036.jpg)
Whirling Dervishes 1899
Oil Painting
$3160
$3160
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-3956
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.5 x 94 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.5 x 94 cm
Private Collection
![Jerusalem (Golgotha, Consummatum Est, Crucifixion), 1867 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome037.jpg)
Jerusalem (Golgotha, Consummatum Est, Crucifixion) 1867
Oil Painting
$1847
$1847
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-4838
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82 x 144 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82 x 144 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
![The Bacchante, 1883 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome038.jpg)
The Bacchante 1883
Oil Painting
$1272
$1272
Canvas Print
$56.56
$56.56
SKU: GER-5739
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 47.5 x 47.5 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 47.5 x 47.5 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France
![The Slave Market, c.1866/67 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome039.jpg)
The Slave Market c.1866/67
Oil Painting
$2637
$2637
Canvas Print
$56.38
$56.38
SKU: GER-8495
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 84.3 x 63 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 84.3 x 63 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA
![The Guard of the Harem, 1859 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome040.jpg)
The Guard of the Harem 1859
Oil Painting
$1418
$1418
SKU: GER-8497
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![The Colossus of Memnon, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome041.jpg)
The Colossus of Memnon 1857
Oil Painting
$1644
$1644
Canvas Print
$60.94
$60.94
SKU: GER-11357
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection
![Arnaut of Cairo, 1871 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome042.jpg)
Arnaut of Cairo 1871
Oil Painting
$1405
$1405
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11358
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.4 x 20 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.4 x 20 cm
Private Collection
![Pool in a Harem, c.1876 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome043.jpg)
Pool in a Harem c.1876
Oil Painting
$1941
$1941
Canvas Print
$64.52
$64.52
SKU: GER-11359
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.5 x 62 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.5 x 62 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
![Slave Market in Ancient Rome, c.1884 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome044.jpg)
Slave Market in Ancient Rome c.1884
Oil Painting
$3587
$3587
Canvas Print
$73.85
$73.85
SKU: GER-11360
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92 x 74 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92 x 74 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
![Duel after a Masked Ball, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome045.jpg)
Duel after a Masked Ball 1857
Oil Painting
$1757
$1757
Canvas Print
$63.76
$63.76
SKU: GER-11361
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 68 x 99 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 68 x 99 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
![The Duel After the Masquerade, c.1857/59 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome046.jpg)
The Duel After the Masquerade c.1857/59
Oil Painting
$1494
$1494
Canvas Print
$86.49
$86.49
SKU: GER-11362
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 39.1 x 56.3 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 39.1 x 56.3 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
![At the End of the Masked Ball, 1867 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome047.jpg)
At the End of the Masked Ball 1867
Oil Painting
$1646
$1646
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11363
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: unknown
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France
![The Tulip Folly, 1882 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome048.jpg)
The Tulip Folly 1882
Oil Painting
$1974
$1974
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11364
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.4 x 100 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.4 x 100 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA