![Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/gerome000.jpg)
Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 7 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
![Night on the Desert (Tiger Resting in the Moonlight), 1884 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome145.jpg)
Night on the Desert (Tiger Resting in the Moonlight) 1884
Oil Painting
$1302
$1302
SKU: GER-11470
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.5 x 46 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 25.5 x 46 cm
Private Collection
![Whoever You Are, Here Is Your Master (Love, The Conqueror), n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome146.jpg)
Whoever You Are, Here Is Your Master (Love, The ... n.d.
Oil Painting
$1907
$1907
SKU: GER-11471
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 99.7 x 160 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 99.7 x 160 cm
Private Collection
![Prayer in a Mosque, 1892 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome147.jpg)
Prayer in a Mosque 1892
Oil Painting
$2075
$2075
Canvas Print
$53.91
$53.91
SKU: GER-11472
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.5 x 92.7 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 65.5 x 92.7 cm
Private Collection
![A Moorish Bath (Turkish Woman Bathing), 1870 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome148.jpg)
A Moorish Bath (Turkish Woman Bathing) 1870
Oil Painting
$1449
$1449
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11473
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.5 x 65.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.5 x 65.5 cm
Private Collection
![Pifferari in London, 1870 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome149.jpg)
Pifferari in London 1870
Oil Painting
$1433
$1433
SKU: GER-11474
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.7 x 41.2 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.7 x 41.2 cm
Private Collection
![Chariot Race (Circus Maximus), 1876 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome150.jpg)
Chariot Race (Circus Maximus) 1876
Oil Painting
$5420
$5420
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11475
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 86.3 x 156 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 86.3 x 156 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
![Portrait of a Woman, 1851 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome151.jpg)
Portrait of a Woman 1851
Oil Painting
$1729
$1729
Canvas Print
$59.83
$59.83
SKU: GER-11476
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92.6 x 73.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92.6 x 73.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
![Markos Botsaris, 1874 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome152.jpg)
Markos Botsaris 1874
Oil Painting
$2313
$2313
Canvas Print
$58.31
$58.31
SKU: GER-11477
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70.2 x 54.6 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 70.2 x 54.6 cm
Private Collection
![Spring in Arabia, c.1888 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome153.jpg)
Spring in Arabia c.1888
Oil Painting
$1040
$1040
SKU: GER-11478
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 27.3 x 38.8 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 27.3 x 38.8 cm
Private Collection
![The Entrance of the Bull, 1886 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome154.jpg)
The Entrance of the Bull 1886
Oil Painting
$3274
$3274
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11479
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 45.7 x 72.6 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 45.7 x 72.6 cm
Private Collection
![Japanese Imploring a Divinity, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome155.jpg)
Japanese Imploring a Divinity n.d.
Oil Painting
$1539
$1539
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11480
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 71 x 59.1 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 71 x 59.1 cm
Private Collection
![Guitar Player (Greek Singer), n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome156.jpg)
Guitar Player (Greek Singer) n.d.
Oil Painting
$1518
$1518
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11481
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 56 x 80 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 56 x 80 cm
Private Collection
![The Pyramids, Sunrise, 1895 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome157.jpg)
The Pyramids, Sunrise 1895
Oil Painting
$1625
$1625
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11482
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 51 x 82.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 51 x 82.5 cm
Private Collection
![Prayer in the Mosque of Caid Bey in Cairo, 1895 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome158.jpg)
Prayer in the Mosque of Caid Bey in Cairo 1895
Oil Painting
$1907
$1907
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11483
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 77.5 x 101.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 77.5 x 101.5 cm
Private Collection
![Sais and His Donkey, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome159.jpg)
Sais and His Donkey n.d.
Oil Painting
$1560
$1560
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11484
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.4 x 60 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 72.4 x 60 cm
Private Collection
![Woman of Cairo at Her Door, 1897 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome160.jpg)
Woman of Cairo at Her Door 1897
Oil Painting
$1531
$1531
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11485
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82 x 67 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 82 x 67 cm
Private Collection
![Thirst, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome161.jpg)
Thirst n.d.
Oil Painting
$1381
$1381
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11486
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 49.5 x 81.3 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 49.5 x 81.3 cm
Private Collection
![The End of the Session, 1886 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome162.jpg)
The End of the Session 1886
Oil Painting
$2153
$2153
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11487
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 48.3 x 40.6 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 48.3 x 40.6 cm
Private Collection
![Bathers of the Harem, 1901 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome163.jpg)
Bathers of the Harem 1901
Oil Painting
$2508
$2508
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11488
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 99.7 x 80.6 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 99.7 x 80.6 cm
Private Collection
![Nude Woman, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome164.jpg)
Nude Woman n.d.
Oil Painting
$1537
$1537
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11489
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 41.2 x 32.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 41.2 x 32.5 cm
Private Collection
![An Arab and His Dogs, 1875 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome165.jpg)
An Arab and His Dogs 1875
Oil Painting
$1510
$1510
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11490
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 55 x 37.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 55 x 37.5 cm
Private Collection
![The Saddle Bazaar, Cairo (Arab Purchasing a Bride), 1881 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome166.jpg)
The Saddle Bazaar, Cairo (Arab Purchasing a Bride) 1881
Oil Painting
$2140
$2140
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11491
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.3 x 65 cm
The Haggin Museum, California, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.3 x 65 cm
The Haggin Museum, California, USA
![Arnauts of Cairo at the Gate of Bab el Nasr, 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome167.jpg)
Arnauts of Cairo at the Gate of Bab el Nasr 1861
Oil Painting
$1563
$1563
Canvas Print
$56.11
$56.11
SKU: GER-11492
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 37.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50 x 37.5 cm
Private Collection
![Bashi Bazouk Chief, 1881 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome168.jpg)
Bashi Bazouk Chief 1881
Oil Painting
$1662
$1662
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11493
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.7 x 72.4 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 59.7 x 72.4 cm
Private Collection