![Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/gerome000.jpg)
Jean Leon Gerome Painting Reproductions 8 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
![Before the Audience, 1881 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome169.jpg)
Before the Audience 1881
Oil Painting
$3351
$3351
Canvas Print
$62.59
$62.59
SKU: GER-11494
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 59.7 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.7 x 59.7 cm
Private Collection
![Conversation by the Fire, 1881 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome170.jpg)
Conversation by the Fire 1881
Oil Painting
$1840
$1840
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11495
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 46.4 x 38 cm
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 46.4 x 38 cm
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
![Bisharin Warrior, 1872 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome171.jpg)
Bisharin Warrior 1872
Oil Painting
$1190
$1190
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11496
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 29 x 21.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 29 x 21.5 cm
Private Collection
![A Muezzin Calling the Faithful to Prayer, 1878 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome172.jpg)
A Muezzin Calling the Faithful to Prayer 1878
Oil Painting
$2463
$2463
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11497
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 91.4 x 66 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 91.4 x 66 cm
Private Collection
![Call to Prayer Cairo, 1880 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome173.jpg)
Call to Prayer Cairo 1880
Oil Painting
$2529
$2529
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11498
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64.2 x 99 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64.2 x 99 cm
Private Collection
![Cleopatra Before Caesar, 1866 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome174.jpg)
Cleopatra Before Caesar 1866
Oil Painting
$2994
$2994
Canvas Print
$52.39
$52.39
SKU: GER-11499
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 183 x 129.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 183 x 129.5 cm
Private Collection
![Dance of the Saber in a Cafe, 1876 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome175.jpg)
Dance of the Saber in a Cafe 1876
Oil Painting
$1810
$1810
SKU: GER-11500
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 58.5 x 80 cm
Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 58.5 x 80 cm
Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, USA
![Woman from Cairo Smoking a Cigarette, 1882 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome176.jpg)
Woman from Cairo Smoking a Cigarette 1882
Oil Painting
$1518
$1518
SKU: GER-11501
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.3 x 64.8 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 81.3 x 64.8 cm
Private Collection
![L'Orientale (Almeh), 1882 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome177.jpg)
L'Orientale (Almeh) 1882
Oil Painting
$1219
$1219
SKU: GER-11502
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 46.3 x 38.4 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 46.3 x 38.4 cm
Private Collection
![Duc de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville with His Terrier, 1875 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome178.jpg)
Duc de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville with His Terrier 1875
Oil Painting
$1507
$1507
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11503
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.8 x 36.2 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 50.8 x 36.2 cm
Private Collection
![Madeleine Gerome and Her Dolls, n.d. by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome179.jpg)
Madeleine Gerome and Her Dolls n.d.
Oil Painting
$1703
$1703
SKU: GER-11504
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 85.1 x 64.1 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 85.1 x 64.1 cm
Private Collection
![Madeleine Gerome with Hat, 1883 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome180.jpg)
Madeleine Gerome with Hat 1883
Oil Painting
$1035
$1035
SKU: GER-11505
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54 x 45 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 54 x 45 cm
Private Collection
![Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert, 1857 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome181.jpg)
Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert 1857
Oil Painting
$2532
$2532
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11506
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.9 x 106 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 61.9 x 106 cm
Private Collection
![Greek Interior, 1850 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome182.jpg)
Greek Interior 1850
Oil Painting
$2654
$2654
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11507
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64 x 88 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 64 x 88 cm
Private Collection
![Home from the Hunt, 1876 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome183.jpg)
Home from the Hunt 1876
Oil Painting
$1842
$1842
SKU: GER-11508
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.5 x 61 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 73.5 x 61 cm
Private Collection
![Jean Bart, 1862 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome184.jpg)
Jean Bart 1862
Oil Painting
$1397
$1397
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11509
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 32.5 x 27 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 32.5 x 27 cm
Private Collection
![Louis XIV and Moliere, 1862 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome185.jpg)
Louis XIV and Moliere 1862
Oil Painting
$3317
$3317
SKU: GER-11510
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 42 x 75 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 42 x 75 cm
Private Collection
![King Candaules, 1859 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome186.jpg)
King Candaules 1859
Oil Painting
$2287
$2287
SKU: GER-11511
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 67.3 x 99 cm
Museo de Arte, Ponce
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 67.3 x 99 cm
Museo de Arte, Ponce
![Memnon and Sesostris, 1856 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome187.jpg)
Memnon and Sesostris 1856
Oil Painting
$1143
$1143
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11512
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35 x 49.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 35 x 49.5 cm
Private Collection
![Pain of the Pasha - the Dead Tiger, 1885 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome188.jpg)
Pain of the Pasha - the Dead Tiger 1885
Oil Painting
$3317
$3317
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11513
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92.7 x 73.6 cm
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 92.7 x 73.6 cm
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
![Pho Xai (Nai Sombun), 1861 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome189.jpg)
Pho Xai (Nai Sombun) 1861
Oil Painting
$969
$969
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11514
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 27 x 21.5 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 27 x 21.5 cm
Private Collection
![Portrait of Amedee Thierry, 1863 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome190.jpg)
Portrait of Amedee Thierry 1863
Oil Painting
$2408
$2408
SKU: GER-11515
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 145.8 x 111 cm
Musee des Beaus-Arts, Blois, France
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 145.8 x 111 cm
Musee des Beaus-Arts, Blois, France
![Portrait of Edouard Delessert, 1864 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome191.jpg)
Portrait of Edouard Delessert 1864
Oil Painting
$1363
$1363
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11516
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 31.5 x 22 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 31.5 x 22 cm
Private Collection
![Portrait of Mademoiselle Durand, 1853 by Gerome | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Jean_Leon_Gerome/paintings-lg/gerome192.jpg)
Portrait of Mademoiselle Durand 1853
Oil Painting
$1560
$1560
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: GER-11517
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 127 x 87 cm
Private Collection
Jean Leon Gerome
Original Size: 127 x 87 cm
Private Collection