Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period, and in addition to being a painter, he was also a teacher with a long list of students.
In 1852, Gérôme received a commission by Alfred Emilien Comte de Nieuwerkerke, Surintendant des Beaux-Arts to the court of Napoleon III, for the painting of a large historical canvas, the Age of Augustus. In this canvas he combines the birth of Christ with conquered nations paying homage to Augustus. Thanks to a considerable down payment, he was able to travel in 1853 to Constantinople, together with the actor Edmond Got. This would be the first of several travels to the East: in 1854 he made another journey to Greece and Turkey and the shores of the Danube, where he was present at a concert of Russian conscripts, making music under the threat of a lash.
In 1856, he visited Egypt for the first time. This would herald the start of many orientalist paintings depicting Arab religion, genre scenes and North African landscapes.
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'Harem Pool, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1876 £6.99
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'Portrait of an Egyptian Fellah' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1856 £6.99
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'Prayer in the Mosque, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1871 £6.99
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'Pygmalion and Galatea, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1890 £6.99
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'Slave Market in Rome, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1884 £6.99
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'The Bath' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1885 £6.99
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'The Carpet Merchant, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1887 £6.99
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'The Guard, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1889 £6.99
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'The Slave Market, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1871 £6.99
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'The Wailing Wall, further detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1871 £6.99
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'Truth emerging from her Well, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1898 £6.99
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'A cafe in Cairo, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1884 £6.99
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'Anacreon Bacchus et l'Amour, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1848 £6.99
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'Let us have peace' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1865 £6.99
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'Prayer in the Mosque, further detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1871 £6.99
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'St. Jerome, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1874 £6.99
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'Suites d’un bal masqué, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1857 £5.99
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'The Tulip Folly, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1882 £6.99
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'The Wailing Wall, detail' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1871 £6.99
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'Tiger on the Watch' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1884 £6.99
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'Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight' by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1846 £6.99