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Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Artists
Portrait of Jean-Léon Gérôme

Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French artist born on May 11, 1824. Gérôme contributed to the Academic and Orientalist movements and died on January 10, 1904.

The Duel After the Masquerade, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Duel After the Masquerade 1857 – 1859

Prayer in the Mosque of Amr, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Prayer in the Mosque of Amr 1871

Pollice Verso, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Pollice Verso 1872

The Snake Charmer, Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Snake Charmer 1879

Pygmalion and Galatea, Jean-Léon Gérôme

Pygmalion and Galatea 1890

Osman Hamdi Bey, The ArtistsPortrait of Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi Bey

Archeologist, painter, scientist, orphan

1842 – 1910
Albert Joseph Pénot, The Artists

Albert Joseph Pénot

Have you seen this bat-woman before?

1862 – 1930
John William Godward, The ArtistsPortrait of John William Godward

John William Godward

"The world is not big enough for myself and Picasso"

1861 – 1922
Eugène Delacroix, The ArtistsPortrait of Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Drama, movement and a search for the exotic

1798 – 1863
Luis Ricardo Falero, The ArtistsPortrait of Luis Ricardo Falero

Luis Ricardo Falero

The line between art and sex

1851 – 1896
Vasily Vereshchagin, The ArtistsPortrait of Vasily Vereshchagin

Vasily Vereshchagin

1842 – 1904
18012000

Rosa Bonheur

Alexandre Cabanel

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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